A new method to specify the outlet boundary condition of fluid flow in the channel formed by tube bank fins

Computational Thermal Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 445-459

  Lin, Zhi Min ^a   Wang, Liang Bi ^a   Gao, Quan Fu ^a  

^a LANZHOU JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Laminar convective heat transfer; Numerical simulation; Outlet boundary condition; Tube bank fin heat exchanger

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL DOMAINS; COMPUTING RESOURCE; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; CONVENTIONAL APPROACH; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; CROSS SECTION; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL TREATMENTS; OUTFLOW BOUNDARY; OUTLET BOUNDARY CONDITION; OUTLET FLOWS; RE-CIRCULATION FLOW; SIMULATION DOMAIN; TUBE BANK FIN HEAT EXCHANGER; TUBE BANKS; VELOCITY COMPONENTS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FORCED CONVECTION; SUPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 84863148832     PISSN: 19402503     EISSN: 19402554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/ComputThermalScien.2011003273     Document Type: Article

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