Unsteady simulation of turbulent flow and heat transfer in a channel with periodic array of cubic pin-fins

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 731-763

  Saha, A K ^a   Acharya, Sumanta ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Louisiana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAS TURBINES; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

COMPACT HEAT EXCHANGERS; FRICTION FACTOR; THERMAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; VORTEX GENERATORS;

TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 9144232518     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/104077890504465     Document Type: Article

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