Introduction of a length correction factor for the calculation of laminar flow through microchannels with high surface roughness

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 51, Issue 17-18, 2008, Pages 4573-4582

  Valdés, José R ^a   Miana, Mario J ^a   Martínez, Miguel ^a   Gracia, Leticia ^a   Pütz, Thomas ^b  

^a Division of Industrial Systems   (Spain)

^b TRW   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fluid flow; Microchannels; Numerical simulation; Surface roughness

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CURVE FITTING; EMULSIFICATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; FRICTION; HEALTH; KETONES; LAMINAR FLOW; MASS TRANSFER; METAL ANALYSIS; MICROCHANNELS; STEEL ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; CFD SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD) SIMULATIONS; CORRECTION FACTORS; ELSEVIER (CO); FLOW RESISTANCES; FLOW THROUGH; HEAT-MASS TRANSFER; IN ORDER; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUID FLOW; NEW METHODS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; ROUGH MICROCHANNELS; SMOOTH CHANNEL; SURFACE ROUGHNESS EFFECTS;

FLOW SIMULATION;

EID: 47349128342     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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