Incompressible laminar developing flow in microchannels

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Galvis, E ^a   Yarusevych, S ^a   Culham, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

entrance length; microchannel; single phase

Indexed keywords

COMPACT HEAT EXCHANGER; DEVELOPING FLOW; ENGINEERING SYSTEMS; ENTRANCE LENGTH; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOW DEVELOPMENT; HYDRAULIC DIAMETER; MICROCOOLERS; NEW CORRELATIONS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; RECTANGULAR MICROCHANNELS; SINGLE PHASE;

ASPECT RATIO; ELECTRONICS PACKAGING; LAMINAR FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VEHICULAR TUNNELS;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 84857774176     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: 1528901X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4005736     Document Type: Article

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