Expansion ratio effects on three-dimensional separated flow and heat transfer around backward-facing steps

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 129, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1141-1155

  Kitoh, Aya ^a   Sugawara, Kazuaki ^a,b   Yoshikawa, Hiroyuki ^c   Ota, Terukazu ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Shin Nippon Air Technol Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Backward facing step; DNS; Forced convection; Heat transfer; Separated and reattached flow

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; FLOW VELOCITY; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THREE DIMENSIONAL; UNSTEADY FLOW;

BACKWARD-FACING STEP; EXPANSION RATIO; REATTACHED FLOW; SEPARATED FLOW;

HEAT TRANSFER;

CHANNEL FLOW; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; FLOW VELOCITY; HEAT TRANSFER; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THREE DIMENSIONAL; UNSTEADY FLOW;

EID: 35348906624     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2739619     Document Type: Article

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