Heat transfer in a tube fitted with vertical and horizontal wing-cut twisted tapes

Experimental Heat Transfer

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-47

  Murugesan, P ^a   Mayilsamy, K ^b   Suresh, S ^c  

^a KSR Institute for Engineering and Technology   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF ROAD AND TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

friction factor; heat transfer enhancement; plain twisted tape; secondary flow; wing cut twisted tape

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FRICTION FACTORS; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; PLAIN TUBES; PLAIN TWISTED TAPE; THERMAL ENHANCEMENT; TWISTED TAPES;

HEAT TRANSFER; SECONDARY FLOW;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 84856827222     PISSN: 08916152     EISSN: 15210480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08916152.2011.559567     Document Type: Article

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