An experimental study on the decaying swirl flow in a tube

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 22-28

  Aydin, Orhan ^a   Avci, Mete ^a   Markal, Burak ^a   Yusuf Yazici, M ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Helical swirl generator; Pressure drop; Swirl flows

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; CONSTANT TEMPERATURE WATER BATH; CYLINDRICAL TUBES; DECAYING SWIRL FLOWS; HEAT TRANSFER AND PRESSURE DROP; SWIRL FLOW; SWIRL GENERATORS; WORKING FLUID;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 84899915350     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2014.04.012     Document Type: Article

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