Combined experimental and numerical flow field study of inclined louvered fins

Heat Transfer Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 176-188

  T'Joen, Christophe ^a   Huisseune, Henk ^a   Willockx, Arnout ^a   Caniere, Hugo ^a   De Paepe, Michel ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACT HEAT EXCHANGER; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; DISCRETE DATA; DYE INJECTION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FIELD STUDIES; FIN SURFACE; FLOW BEHAVIORS; FLOW EFFICIENCY; LOUVERED FINS; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; MEAN FLOW; MEASUREMENT METHODS; NUMERICAL FLOW; OFFSET STRIP; RECIRCULATION ZONES;

ALIGNMENT; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW FIELDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FORCED CONVECTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VISUALIZATION;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

EID: 77956928827     PISSN: 01457632     EISSN: 15210537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01457631003769377     Document Type: Conference Paper

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