Thermohydraulics of laminar flow of viscous oil through a circular tube having axial corrugations and fitted with centre-cleared twisted-tape

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 38, Issue , 2012, Pages 201-209

  Saha, Sujoy Kumar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Corrugations; Forced convection; Heat transfer enhancement; Laminar flow; Swirl flow; Twisted tapes

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR DUCTS; CIRCULAR TUBES; CORRUGATIONS; ENHANCEMENT TECHNIQUES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FRICTION FACTORS; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; NUSSELT NUMBER CORRELATION; SWIRL FLOW; THERMOHYDRAULIC PERFORMANCE; THERMOHYDRAULICS; TWISTED TAPES; VISCOUS OIL;

FORCED CONVECTION; FRICTION; NUSSELT NUMBER;

LAMINAR FLOW;

EID: 84856330537     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2011.12.008     Document Type: Article

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