Effect of variable properties on heat transfer in a micro-channel with a synthetic jet

Computational Thermal Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 369-388

  Lee, A ^a   Yeoh, G H ^a,b   Timchenko, V ^a   Reizes, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Micro channel; Synthetic jet

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; FLUID FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFERS; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER FLOW; SYNTHETIC JET ACTUATORS; SYNTHETIC JETS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS; TRANSIENT CONDITIONS;

ACTUATORS; FLOW CONTROL; FLOW OF WATER; JETS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SILICON; SILICON WAFERS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VELOCITY;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 84879978824     PISSN: 19402503     EISSN: 19402554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/ComputThermalScien.2013004094     Document Type: Article

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