Numerical simulation and experimental validation of coupled flow, heat transfer and electromagnetic problems in electrical transformers

Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 319-355

  Smolka, Jacek ^a   Bíró, Oszkár ^b   Nowak, Andrzej J ^a  

^a SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLED FLOW; COUPLED PROBLEMS; COUPLING PROCEDURE; DRY-TYPE TRANSFORMER; ELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENA; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROBLEMS; EUROPEAN STANDARDS; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; EXTERNAL TANKS; FLUID FLOW; INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MATHEMATICAL DESCRIPTIONS; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; NUMERICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; RADIATIVE HEAT FLUXES; SPECIFIC POWER; SUBMODELS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TEMPERATURE TEST; THREE PHASE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMER INSULATION; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMER TESTING; ELECTROMAGNETISM; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW SIMULATION; REMOTE SENSING; SIMULATORS; THERMOMETERS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 71349084102     PISSN: 11343060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11831-009-9032-7     Document Type: Article

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