Effects of a baffle on separated convection flow adjacent to backward-facing step

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 618-625

  Nie, J H ^a   Chen, Y T ^a   Hsieh, H T ^a  

^a University of Nevada Las Vegas   (United States)

Author keywords

Backward facing step; Baffle; Heat transfer enhancement; Numerical simulations

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORCED CONVECTION; FRICTION; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THERMOANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BACKWARD-FACING STEP; BAFFLE; BOTTOM WALLS; CONSTANT HEAT FLUXES; CONVECTION FLOWS; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; INLET FLOWS; LAMINAR FORCED CONVECTIONS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; ON FLOWS; RECTANGULAR DUCTS; SIDE-WALLS; SPANWISE DIRECTIONS; STEP HEIGHTS; STREAMWISE DIRECTIONS; UNIFORM TEMPERATURES;

FACINGS;

EID: 58149134845     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2008.05.015     Document Type: Article

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