A numerical study laminar forced convection of air for In-line bundle of cylinders crossflow

Asian Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 217-226

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

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Body fitted coordinates; Circular in line tube; Finite difference; Forced convection; Gross flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876958763     PISSN: 19921454     EISSN: 20772076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ajsr.2013.217.226     Document Type: Article

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