Effect of entrance condition on frictional losses and transition to turbulence in minichannel flows

Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Microchannels and Minichannels (ICMM2004)

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 229-235

  Campbell, Levi A ^b   Kandlikar, Satish ^a  

^a Kate Gleason College of Engineering   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Entrance length; Laminar; Minichannel; Pipe flow; Transition; Turbulent

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALS; FRICTION; HYDRAULICS; PIPE FLOW; PRESSURE DROP; PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

CHANNEL DIAMETER; ENTRANCE LENGTH; MINICHANNELS; TRANSITIONS;

CHANNEL FLOW;

EID: 4544385698     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/icmm2004-2339     Document Type: Conference Paper

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