Experimental study on the unsteady laminar heat transfer downstream of a backwards facing step

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 457-462

  Terhaar, S ^a   Velazquez, A ^a   Arias, J R ^a   Sanchez Sanz, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Back step; Experimental; Heat transfer; Laminar; Pulsation; Unsteady flow

Indexed keywords

BACK-STEP; BACKWARD FACING STEP; EXPERIMENTAL; EXPERIMENTAL HEAT TRANSFER; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HEAT TRANSFER EFFICIENCY; HYDRAULIC DIAMETER; INLET CHANNELS; INLET VELOCITY; LAMINAR HEAT TRANSFER; LAMINAR REGIME; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PISTON PUMP; UNSTEADY HEAT TRANSFER; WORKING FLUID;

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FACINGS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; INTAKE SYSTEMS; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STROUHAL NUMBER; UNSTEADY FLOW;

INLET FLOW;

EID: 77951651096     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2010.01.009     Document Type: Article

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