Investigation of turbulent mixed convection of air flow in vertical tubes using a zonal turbulence model

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 179-190

  Shahraeeni, Mehdi ^a   Raisee, Mehrdad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Mixed convection; Turbulence; Upward and downward flow; Zonal k model

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; BUOYANCY FORCES; CONSTANT HEAT FLUX; DOWNWARD FLOW; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOW REVERSALS; FLUID FLOW; LAMINARIZATION; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; QUANTITATIVE AGREEMENT; TURBULENCE MODELING; UPWARD AND DOWNWARD FLOW; UPWARD FLOW; VERTICAL TUBE;

BUOYANCY; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; MIXED CONVECTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 77249107726     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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