Effect of fan-generated swirl on turbulent heat transfer and fluid flow in a pipe

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 95, Issue , 2016, Pages 1019-1025

  Gorman, J M ^a   Sparrow, E M ^a   Ilamparuthi, S ^a   Minkowycz, W J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

CFD; Fan generated swirl; Heat transfer; Numerical simulation; Rotating fan; Turbulent pipe flow

Indexed keywords

BLOWERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; PIPE FLOW; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENT FLOW;

AXIAL DISTRIBUTION; CURVE MODELING; ENHANCEMENT OF HEAT TRANSFER; HIGH-FIDELITY; LOCAL HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; RATE OF HEAT TRANSFER; TURBULENT HEAT TRANSFER; TURBULENT PIPE FLOW;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 84954413653     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2015.12.038     Document Type: Article

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