Effect of power-law fluid behavior on momentum and heat transfer characteristics of an inclined square cylinder in steady flow regime

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 54, Issue 13-14, 2011, Pages 2854-2867

  Koteswara Rao, P ^a   Sasmal, C ^a   Sahu, A K ^a   Chhabra, R P ^a   Eswaran, V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Drag coefficient; Forced convection; Nusselt number; Power law fluid; Prandtl number; Square cylinder

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT HEAT FLUX; CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; ENGINEERING PARAMETERS; FORCED CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; GOVERNING PARAMETERS; HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; HEAT TRANSFER CORRELATION; ISOTHERM PLOTS; LOCAL NUSSELT NUMBER; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; POWER LAW INDEX; POWER-LAW; POWER-LAW FLUID; RATE OF HEAT TRANSFER; SQUARE CYLINDER; SQUARE CYLINDERS; SURFACE PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE FIELD; TRANSFER PHENOMENON;

DRAG; DRAG COEFFICIENT; FLUIDIZED BEDS; FLUIDS; FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STEADY FLOW;

CYLINDERS (SHAPES);

EID: 79955421287     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2011.03.013     Document Type: Article

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