Numerical investigation on developing laminar forced convection and entropy generation in a wavy channel

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 924-933

  Ko, T H ^a   Cheng, C S ^a  

^a LUNGHWA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Entropy generation; Exergy utilization; Irreversibility; Numerical method; Wavy channel

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; ENTROPY; EXERGY; FORCED CONVECTION; LAMINAR FLOW; NUMERICAL METHODS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

ENTROPY GENERATION; LAMINAR FORCED CONVECTION; WAVY CHANNEL;

HEAT TRANSFER;

ASPECT RATIO; ENTROPY; EXERGY; FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; LAMINAR FLOW; NUMERICAL METHODS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34547842873     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2007.05.021     Document Type: Article

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