Experimental studies on heat transfer and friction factor characteristics of Al2O3/water nanofluid in a circular pipe under transition flow with wire coil inserts

Heat Transfer Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 485-496

  Chandrasekar, M ^a   Suresh, S ^a   Bose, A Chandra ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR PIPE; CIRCULAR TUBES; DISTILLED WATER; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FRICTION FACTORS; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; NANO-FLUID; NANOFLUIDS; PITCH RATIO; PLAIN TUBES; VOLUME CONCENTRATION; WIRE COIL INSERTS; WORKING FLUID;

ALUMINUM; EXPERIMENTS; FLUIDS; FRICTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TRANSITION FLOW; TRIBOLOGY; TUBES (COMPONENTS); WIRE;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 79551541257     PISSN: 01457632     EISSN: 15210537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01457632.2010.506358     Document Type: Article

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