Decaying swirl flow in round tubes with short-length twisted tapes

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 649-656

  Eiamsa ard, S ^a   Seemawute, P ^a  

^a MAHANAKORN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Decaying swirl flow; Friction factor; Heat transfer; Short length twisted tape (ST)

Indexed keywords

AXIAL DISTANCE; FLOW CHARACTERISTIC; FRICTION FACTORS; LOCAL HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; LOCAL NUSSELT NUMBER; NUMERICAL RESULTS; ROUND TUBES; SWIRL FLOW; SWIRL GENERATORS; TEST SECTIONS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; TWISTED TAPES; UNIFORM HEAT FLUX; VECTOR PLOT; WATER FLOW RATE;

FLOW VISUALIZATION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 84861549964     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2012.03.021     Document Type: Article

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