The Effects of Porosity and Inclination on the Pressure Drop across Porous Screens and Honeycombs Used for Heat Exchanger Simulations in Wind Tunnel Studies

SAE International Journal of Passenger Cars - Mechanical Systems

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 483-494

  Gerova, Klementina ^a   Velikov, Stefan ^a   Garry, Kevin P ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS; EMPIRICAL PREDICTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; FLOW CHARAC-TERISTICS; FREE-STREAM FLOW; PRESSURE DROP CHARACTERISTIC; PRESSURE DROP COEFFICIENTS; WIND TUNNEL TESTS;

CONVEYING; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STREAM FLOW; WIND TUNNELS;

POROSITY;

EID: 84881388326     PISSN: 19463995     EISSN: 19464002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2012-01-2340     Document Type: Article

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