A numerical study of the effect on flow structure and heat transfer of a rectangular winglet pair in a plate fin heat exchanger

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Volumn 223, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2109-2115

  Gupta, M ^a   Kasana, K S ^b   Vasudevan, R ^c  

^a GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c SMU   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat transfer enhancement; Longitudinal vortex generator; Rectangular winglet pair

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EQUATION; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; LONGITUDINAL VORTEX GENERATOR; LONGITUDINAL VORTICES; NUMERICAL COMPUTATIONS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; ON FLOW; PLATE-FIN HEAT EXCHANGER; RECTANGULAR WINGLET PAIR; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; VORTEX GENERATORS; WORKING FLUID;

AIR; ANGLE OF ATTACK INDICATORS; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FLOW STRUCTURE; FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT; VORTEX FLOW;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 70349208777     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544062JMES1405     Document Type: Article

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