Experimental and numerical study on the flow characteristics in curved rectangular microchannels

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1558-1566

  Chu, Jiann Cherng ^a   Teng, Jyh Tong ^a   Greif, Ralph ^b  

^a CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Curved microchannels; Dean number; Experimental study; Flow characteristics

Indexed keywords

CURVATURE RATIO; CURVED MICROCHANNEL; DEAN NUMBER; EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLOW CHARACTERISTIC; FRICTIONAL PRESSURE DROPS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; RE NUMBERS; RECTANGULAR MICROCHANNELS;

ASPECT RATIO; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PRESSURE DROP;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 77955279145     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2010.03.008     Document Type: Article

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