Forced convection in tightly coiled ducts: Bifurcation in a high Dean number region

International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1018-1034

  Wang, Liqiu ^a   Liu, Fang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bifurcation; Forced convection; High Dean number region; Tightly coiled ducts

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC COILS; FORCED CONVECTION; FRICTION; NUSSELT NUMBER;

BIFURCATION; HIGH DEAN NUMBER REGION; MEAN FRICTION FACTOR; TIGHTLY COILED DUCTS;

DUCTS;

EID: 34948861202     PISSN: 00207462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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