Numerical study of laminar forced convection in entrance region of a wavy wall channel

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-52

  Mohamed, Nabou ^a   Khedidja, Bouhadef ^b   Belkacem, Zeghmati ^c   Michel, Daguenet ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BECHAR   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY HOUARI BOUMEDIENE   (Algeria)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE VOLUME METHOD; ITERATIVE METHODS; LAMINAR FLOW; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

LAMINAR FORCED CONVECTION; SINUSOIDAL PROFILES; WAVY WALL CHANNELS;

HEAT CONVECTION;

EID: 35648992057     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407780701557378     Document Type: Article

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