Numerical study of heat transfer of a porous-block-mounted heat source subjected to pulsating channel flow

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 426-449

  Yen, Yueh Liang ^a   Huang, Po Chuan ^b   Yang, Chao Fu ^b   Chen, Yen Jen ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING EQUIPMENT; NANOFLUIDICS; PERIODIC STRUCTURES; THERMOANALYSIS;

BLOCKAGE RATIOS; DARCY NUMBER (DA); DIRECT IMPACT; FLOW BEHAVIORS; FLOW PULSATION; HEAT SOURCING; HEAT TRANSFER RATES; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PERIODIC STEADY STATE; POROUS BLOCKS; PULSATING FLOW; RE CIRCULATION; TEMPERATURE DATA; TIME-DEPENDENT FLOWS;

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 46149109877     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407780802164496     Document Type: Article

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