Convective heat transfer in turbulent flow near a gap

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 128, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 701-708

  Chang, D ^a   Tavoularis, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coherent structures; Rod bundle; Strouhal number; URANS

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUCTS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TEMPERATURE; TURBULENT FLOW; UNSTEADY FLOW; VELOCITY; WALL FLOW;

COHERENT STRUCTURES; ROD BUNDLE; STROUHAL NUMBER;

HEAT CONVECTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUCTS; HEAT CONVECTION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TEMPERATURE; TURBULENT FLOW; UNSTEADY FLOW; VELOCITY; WALL FLOW;

EID: 33746780620     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2194039     Document Type: Article

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