A Numerical Study of Turbulent Mixed Convection in a Smooth Horizontal Pipe

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Faheem, Ahmed ^a   Ranzi, Gianluca ^a   Fiorito, Francesco ^b   Lei, Chengwang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

buoyancy; heat transfer; mixed convection; Nusselt number; pipe flow; turbulence models

Indexed keywords

AIR; BUOYANCY; CONCRETE SLABS; MIXED CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; PIPE FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE MODELS;

DIMENSIONLESS VELOCITY; EMPIRICAL EXPRESSION; FLOW CHARAC-TERISTICS; FULLY DEVELOPED FLOWS; HOLLOW CORE SLAB; HORIZONTAL PIPES; RICHARDSON NUMBER; TURBULENT MIXED CONVECTIONS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 84939243691     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4031112     Document Type: Article

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