Experimental and numerical investigations on flow through wedge shape rib roughened duct

Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India): Mechanical Engineering Division

Volumn 90, Issue JANUARY, 2010, Pages 13-18

  Gandhi, B K ^a   Singh, K M ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Friction factor; Roughened duct; Turbulent intensity; Velocity distribution; Wedge shaped rib

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL SURFACES; BOTTOM WALL; DUCT FLOW; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FRICTION FACTORS; HOT WIRE ANEMOMETERS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; ON FLOW; RECTANGULAR DUCTS; ROUGHENED SURFACES; ROUGHNESS HEIGHT; SMOOTH SURFACE; TRANSVERSE RIBS; TURBULENCE INTENSITY; TURBULENT INTENSITIES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODELING; WEDGE ANGLE; WEDGE SHAPED RIB;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

DUCTS;

EID: 84859739029     PISSN: 00203408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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