Perforated plates for fluid management: Plate geometry effects and flow regimes

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 85, Issue , 2014, Pages 104-111

  Bayazit, Yilmaz ^a   Sparrow, Eph M ^a   Joseph, Daniel D ^b  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Minnesota ^*

Author keywords

Combustion; Convective heat transfer; Flow instrumentation; Fluid homogenization

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; FLOW MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; GEOMETRY; HEAT CONVECTION; LAMINAR FLOW; PERFORATED PLATES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE MODELS;

CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; FLUID MANAGEMENT; HOLE PATTERNS; LAMINAR AND TURBULENT FLOW; LAMINAR FLOW REGIMES; LOWER PRESSURES; PLATE GEOMETRY; THICKER PLATE;

PRESSURE DROP;

EID: 84904553359     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2014.06.002     Document Type: Article

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