Effects of compressibility and transition to turbulence on flow through microchannels

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 52, Issue 9-10, 2009, Pages 2196-2204

  Vijayalakshmi, K ^a   Anoop, K B ^a   Patel, H E ^a   Harikrishna, P V ^a   Sundararajan, T ^a   Das, Sarit K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Compressibility; Developing length; Gas flow; Liquid flow; Microchannel; Non linearity; Transition; Transition to turbulence

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPRESSIBILITY; FLOW OF GASES; GAS DYNAMICS; HYDRAULICS; LINEARIZATION; SPECIAL EFFECTS; TURBULENCE;

DEVELOPING LENGTH; GAS FLOW; LIQUID FLOW; MICROCHANNEL; NON-LINEARITY; TRANSITION; TRANSITION TO TURBULENCE;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 59849086333     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2008.07.056     Document Type: Article

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