Experimental investigation on heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of air flow over a staggered flat tube bank in crossflow

International Journal of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 900-911

  Ishak, M ^a   Tahseen, Tahseen Ahmad ^a,b   Rahman, Md Mustafizur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

^b TIKRIT UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Experimental study; Forced convection; Measurement; Staggered flat tube

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880946614     PISSN: 22298649     EISSN: 21801606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15282/ijame.7.2012.7.0073     Document Type: Article

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