Laminar flow and heat transfer in a periodic trapezoidal channel with semi-circular cross-section

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 50, Issue 17-18, 2007, Pages 3471-3480

  Geyer, Paul E ^a   Fletcher, David F ^a   Haynes, Brian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

CFD; Enhancement; Fluid flow; Heat transfer; Intensification; Trapezoidal path

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; PRANDTL NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW;

CHANNEL DIAMETER; DEAN VORTICES; TRAPEZOIDAL PATH;

LAMINAR FLOW;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; PRANDTL NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 34247547114     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2007.01.050     Document Type: Article

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