Turbulent forced convection flow adjacent to inclined forward step in a duct

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1319-1326

  Gandjalikhan Nassab, S A ^a   Moosavi, R ^b   Hosseini Sarvari, S M ^c  

^a SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

^b YASOUJ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SISTAN AND BALUCHESTAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Forward facing step; Schwarz Christoffel transformation; Turbulent forced convection

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX FLOWS; COMPLEX TURBULENT FLOWS; COMPUTATIONAL DOMAINS; ENERGY EQUATIONS; FINITE VOLUMES; FORWARD FACING STEP; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HYDRODYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; INCLINATION ANGLES; NAVIER-STOKES; NUMERICAL PROCEDURES; ON FLOWS; ORTHOGONAL GRIDS; SCHWARZ-CHRISTOFFEL TRANSFORMATION; SIMPLE ALGORITHMS; STEP LENGTHS; TURBULENCE FLUCTUATIONS; TURBULENT FLUID FLOWS; TURBULENT FORCED CONVECTION;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FACINGS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; TURBULENCE;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 64949087024     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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