Contribution analysis of dimensionless variables for laminar and turbulent flow convection heat transfer in a horizontal tube using artificial neural network

Heat Transfer Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 793-804

  Tam, Lap Mou ^a   Ghajar, Afshin J ^b   Tam, Hou Kuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^b Oklahoma State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; LAMINAR FLOW; MIXED CONVECTION; NEURAL NETWORKS; PLASMA THEORY;

DEVELOPING LAMINAR FLOWS; DIMENSIONLESS PARAMETERS; DIMENSIONLESS VARIABLES; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; LAMINAR AND TURBULENT FLOW; MIXED CONVECTION HEAT TRANSFERS; TURBULENT HEAT TRANSFER; UNIFORM WALL HEAT FLUX;

HEAT FLUX;

EID: 46149083995     PISSN: 01457632     EISSN: 15210537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01457630802053827     Document Type: Article

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