Effect of wavy plate geometry configurations on the temperature and flow distributions

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 942-946

  Naphon, Paisarn ^a  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Temperature and flow structure; Wavy plate

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW-RATE; CONSTANT HEAT FLUX; FLOW DEVELOPMENT; FLOW DISTRIBUTION; FLUID FLOWING; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; SHARP EDGES; THERMAL BOUNDARY LAYER; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; TURBULENT MODELS; UNIFORM GRIDS; WAVY PLATE;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FLOW STRUCTURE; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; MIXED CONVECTION; TURBULENCE MODELS;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 70249103767     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2009.05.007     Document Type: Article

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