Momentum and heat transfer characteristics of a semi-circular cylinder immersed in power-law fluids in the steady flow regime

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 54, Issue 13-14, 2011, Pages 2734-2750

  Chandra, Avinash ^a   Chhabra, R P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Drag coefficient; Nusselt number; Prandtl number; Reynolds number; Semi circular cylinder; Shear thickening fluids; Shear thinning fluids

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EQUATION; FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT CHARACTERISTICS; HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; LINEAR DEPENDENCE; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; MAXIMUM PRESSURE; NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; POWER LAW FLUID; POWER LAW INDEX; PRESSURE COEFFICIENTS; RATE OF HEAT TRANSFER; RECIRCULATIONS; REYNOLDS; SEMI-CIRCULAR CYLINDER; SHEAR THICKENING; SHEAR-THICKENING FLUIDS; SHEAR-THINNING BEHAVIOR; SHEAR-THINNING FLUIDS; STAGNATION POINTS; THERMAL BOUNDARY LAYER; TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL STEADY FLOW;

CIRCULAR CYLINDERS; DRAG; DRAG COEFFICIENT; FLUIDS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER; STEADY FLOW;

REYNOLDS NUMBER;

EID: 79955377509     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2011.03.018     Document Type: Article

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