Numerical simulations of the laminar flow in pipes with wire coil inserts

Computers and Fluids

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 169-177

  Munoz Esparza D ^a   Sanmiguel Rojas, E ^b  

^a VON KARMAN INSTITUTE FOR FLUID DYNAMICS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Friction factor; Laminar instabilities; Transition; Wire coils

Indexed keywords

FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FRICTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; LAMINAR FLOW; NUMERICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TRIBOLOGY; WIRE;

COMPUTATIONAL DOMAINS; FANNING FRICTION FACTOR; FRICTION FACTORS; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; LAMINAR INSTABILITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; TRANSITION; WIRE-COILS;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 79952630535     PISSN: 00457930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compfluid.2010.12.034     Document Type: Article

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