Effect of width and temperature of a vertical parallel plate channel on the transition of the developing thermal boundary layer

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages 20-30

  Alzwayi, Ali S ^a   Paul, Manosh C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical distance; Free convection; Laminar flow; Transition; Turbulent flow; Vertical channel

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL DISTANCE; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; NUMERICAL RESULTS; THERMAL BOUNDARY LAYER; TRANSITION; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; VERTICAL CHANNELS; VERTICAL PARALLEL PLATES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETICS; LAMINAR FLOW; NATURAL CONVECTION; TURBULENT FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

EID: 84876552148     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2013.03.056     Document Type: Article

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