Effect of a circular cylinder on separated forced convection at a backward-facing step

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 176-185

  Kumar, Ankit ^a   Dhiman, Amit K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Backward facing step; Circular cylinder; Drag; Laminar flow; Nusselt number

Indexed keywords

BACKWARD FACING STEP; BACKWARD-FACING STEP FLOWS; ENERGY EQUATION; ENGINEERING PARAMETERS; FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER; LAMINAR FORCED CONVECTIONS; NAVIER STOKES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCIES; THERMAL FIELD; TWO DIMENSIONAL CHANNELS;

CIRCULAR CYLINDERS; DRAG COEFFICIENT; FACINGS; FORCED CONVECTION; LAMINAR FLOW; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

DRAG;

EID: 81255157626     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2011.09.014     Document Type: Article

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