Numerical study of fluid flow and heat transfer over a series of in-line noncircular tubes confined in a parallel-plate channel

Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 97-119

  Bahaidarah, Haitham M S ^a   Ijaz, M ^b   Anand, N K ^b  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFINED FLOW; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VELOCITY CONTROL;

DIAMOND TUBES; FLOW FIELD; GRID INDEPENDENCE STUDY; NONCIRCULAR TUBES;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 33748496232     PISSN: 10407790     EISSN: 15210626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407790600599041     Document Type: Article

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