CFD simulation of heat transfer and friction factor augmentation in a circular tube fitted with elliptic-cut twisted tape inserts

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Salman, Sami D ^a,b   Kadhum, Abdul Amir H ^a   Takriff, Mohd S ^a   Mohamad, Abu Bakar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CFD SIMULATIONS; CIRCULAR TUBES; FRICTION FACTORS; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; LAMINAR FLOW REGIMES; SIMULATED RESULTS; TWISTED TAPE INSERT;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 84880169547     PISSN: 1024123X     EISSN: 15635147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/163839     Document Type: Article

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