Prediction of turbulent convective heat transfer to a fluid at supercritical pressure in square and triangular channels

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 993-1005

  Sharabi, M ^a   Ambrosini, W ^a   He, S ^b   Jackson, J D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT CONVECTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW;

SUPERCRITICAL PRESSURE; TRIANGULAR CHANNELS; TURBULENT CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER;

CHANNEL FLOW;

EID: 43449089828     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2007.11.006     Document Type: Article

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