Numerical investigation of fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics in sine, triangular, and arc-shaped channels

Thermal Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-26

  Hossain, Mohammad Zakir ^a   Sadrul Islam, Abdul Kalam Mohammad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Fluid flow; Heat transfer; Numerical solution; Oscillatory flow; Wavy channel

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; GEOMETRY; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

CRITICAL REYNOLDS NUMBER; FLUID FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFERS; FLUID-FLOW; GEOMETRIC DIMENSIONS; HEAT-TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; OSCILLATORY FLOWS; TIME-DEPENDENT NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; WAVY CHANNELS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 34250659329     PISSN: 03549836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/TSCI0701017H     Document Type: Article

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