Numerical investigations of developing flow and heat transfer in raccoon type microchannels under inlet pulsation

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 56, Issue , 2014, Pages 37-41

  Nandi, Tapas K ^a   Chattopadhyay, Himadri ^b  

^a TECHNO INDIA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Laminar; Microchannel; Numerical; Pulsating flow; Simultaneously developing

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER; PRANDTL NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; LAMINAR; NUMERICAL; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; PULSATING FLOW; SIMULTANEOUSLY DEVELOPING; UNIFORM TEMPERATURE; VELOCITY COMPONENTS;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 84901227869     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2014.04.017     Document Type: Article

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