Effect of Richardson number on entropy generation over backward facing step

Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (English Edition)

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1431-1440

  Chen, Sheng ^a,b  

^a WUHAN IRON AND STEEL GROUP CORPORATION   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Backward facing step; Entropy generation; Lattice Boltzmann method; Richardson number

Indexed keywords

BACKWARD FACING STEP; BEJAN NUMBER; DECREASING FUNCTIONS; ENTROPY GENERATION; ENTROPY GENERATION ANALYSIS; FLOW OVER A BACKWARD FACING STEPS; HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; INCREASING FUNCTIONS; INTRINSIC MECHANISMS; LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD; LOCAL ENTROPY GENERATION; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SEPARATED FLOWS; TOTAL ENTROPY;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; FACINGS; HEAT TRANSFER; MEMS; MIXED CONVECTION;

ENTROPY;

EID: 84870379064     PISSN: 02534827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10483-012-1637-8     Document Type: Article

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