Experimental and Numerical Investigation of the Gas Side Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop of Finned Tubes-Part II: Numerical Analysis

Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Hofmann, Rene ^a   Walter, Heimo ^b  

^a Josef Bertsch GmbH and Co KG   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIN GEOMETRY; FINNED TUBE; HEAT TRANSFER AND PRESSURE DROP; NEAR-WALL TREATMENT; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; RENORMALIZATION GROUP THEORY; STEADY-STATE TEMPERATURE;

FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; TURBULENCE MODELS;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 84867591687     PISSN: 19485085     EISSN: 19485093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4007125     Document Type: Article

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