Experimental studies on heat transfer and friction factor characteristics of turbulent flow through a circular tube with small pipe inserts

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 56, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-7

  Tu, Wenbin ^a,b   Tang, Yong ^a   Zhou, Bo ^a   Lu, Longsheng ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b JIANGXI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Enhancement; Heat transfer; Small pipe inserts; Turbulent flow

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SPECIFIC HEAT; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TURBULENT FLOW;

FRICTION FACTORS; HEAT TRANSFER AND FRICTION FACTORS; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; HIGH HEAT TRANSFERS; OPTIMAL RESULTS; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION CRITERIA; SMALL PIPES;

WELDING ELECTRODES;

EID: 84900809697     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2014.04.020     Document Type: Article

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