Convective heat transfer around a triangular cylinder in an air cross flow

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1685-1697

  Zeitoun, O ^a   Ali, Mohamed ^a   Nuhait, A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Finite volume technique; Forced convection; Laminar heat transfer; Triangular cylinder in cross flow

Indexed keywords

AIR CROSS-FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL PROCEDURES; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; CRITICAL REYNOLDS NUMBER; FINITE VOLUME TECHNIQUE; HEAT TRANSFER DATA; LAMINAR CONDITION; LAMINAR FORCED CONVECTIONS; LAMINAR HEAT TRANSFER; TEMPERATURE CONTOUR PLOTS; TRIANGULAR CONFIGURATION; TRIANGULAR CYLINDER IN CROSS FLOW;

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DRAG; FACINGS; FORCED CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

CYLINDER CONFIGURATIONS;

EID: 79959329399     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2011.04.011     Document Type: Article

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