Modelling of roughness effects on heat transfer in thermally fully-developed laminar flows through microchannels

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2203-2214

  Gamrat, G ^a   Favre Marinet, M ^a   Le Person, S ^a  

^a LEGI   (France)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Laminar flow; Microchannel; Numerical modelling; Roughness

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL DOMAINS; DISCRETE-ELEMENT APPROACH; FRICTION FACTORS; LAYER MODEL; LOCAL PARAMETERS; NUMERICAL MODELLING; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION CRITERIA; PLANE WALLS; POISEUILLE NUMBERS; ROUGH ELEMENT; ROUGHNESS; ROUGHNESS EFFECTS; ROUGHNESS HEIGHT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; VOLUME AVERAGING TECHNIQUES;

FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; LAMINAR FLOW; SIMULATORS;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 70349759568     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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