Effect of net geometry on the nusselt number distribution for channel flow

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 309-336

  Venkatraman, Murali ^a,b   Shimpalee, Sirivatch ^a   Zee, J W Van ^a  

^a The Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; MARINE BIOLOGY; MASS TRANSFER; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WALL FLOW;

CFD SOFTWARES; CONSTANT TEMPERATURES; ENERGY EQUATIONS; ENHANCEMENT FACTORS; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; LAMINAR VELOCITIES; LOCAL HEATS; LOCAL NUSSELT NUMBERS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; NUSSELT NUMBER DISTRIBUTIONS; PARALLEL PLATES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL DOMAINS; TRANSVERSE RIBS; TWO PLATES;

NUSSELT NUMBER;

EID: 61449141184     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407780902720619     Document Type: Article

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