Thermo-hydraulic characteristics of laminar flow in an enhanced tube with conical strip inserts

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue , 2012, Pages 28-37

  You, Yonghua ^a   Fan, Aiwu ^a   Liu, Wei ^a   Huang, Suyi ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Conical strip insert; Flow resistance; Laminar flow; Numerical simulation; Thermal augmentation; Thermo hydraulic performance

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE FRICTION FACTORS; CONICAL STRIP INSERT; ENHANCED TUBES; FLOW RESISTANCE; FRICTION FACTORS; GEOMETRICAL PARAMETERS; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; LAMINAR HEAT TRANSFER; MAXIMUM VALUES; NU NUMBER; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PARAMETER COMBINATION; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION CRITERIA; PLAIN TUBES; THERMAL AUGMENTATION; THERMO-HYDRAULIC;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAMINAR FLOW; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

GEOMETRY;

EID: 84865659632     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2012.06.013     Document Type: Article

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