Analysis of laminar forced convection of air for crossflow over two staggered flat tubes

International Journal of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 755-767

  Tahseen, Tahseen A ^a   Ishak, M ^a   Rahman, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Body fitted coordinate; Finite volume method; Flat tube; Forced convection; Staggered arrangement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875395397     PISSN: 22298649     EISSN: 21801606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15282/ijame.6.2012.7.0061     Document Type: Article

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