The effect of a blockage on forced convection heat transfer from a heated square cylinder to power-law fluids

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 641-659

  Sahu, Akhilesh K ^a   Chhabra, R P ^a   Eswaran, V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCKAGE RATIO; CENTRAL DIFFERENCE SCHEME; COLLOCATED GRIDS; ENERGY EQUATION; FORCED CONVECTION HEAT TRANSFER; NONUNIFORM; POWER LAW FLUID; POWER LAW INDEX; RATE OF HEAT TRANSFER; REYNOLDS; SECOND ORDERS; SQUARE CYLINDERS; THIRD-ORDER; TRANSFER PHENOMENON; UNCONFINED FLOW;

FLUIDS; FORCED CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

CYLINDERS (SHAPES);

EID: 77958181637     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407782.2010.516696     Document Type: Article

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