Investigation of entropy generation over a backward facing step under bleeding conditions

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3237-3242

  Abu Nada, Eiyad ^a  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Backward facing step; Bleeding; Blowing; Entropy generation; Suction

Indexed keywords

FINITE VOLUME METHOD; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

BACKWARD FACING STEP; BEJAN NUMBERS; BLEEDING; BLOWING; BOTTOM WALL; ENTROPY GENERATION; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; SECOND-ORDER ACCURACY; SUCTION;

ENTROPY;

EID: 52949133725     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2007.10.031     Document Type: Article

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