ISSN:
0961-5539
Source:
Emerald Fulltext Archive Database 1994-2005
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Combined forced and free laminar convective heat transfer on a vertical plate with a backward-facing step has been studied numerically and experimentally, considering the effects of the interaction between the buoyancy and inertia forces which play a significant role in this phenomenon with the step-geometry factor of d/L. The convective heat transfer behavior in connection with the reattachment and recirculation flows appearing in the step region has been investigated based on the numerical calculations and Mach-Zehnder interferometer measurement under the wide range of the thermal condition. The behaviors of local Nusselt number NuL, velocity and temperature boundary layers and streamline fields in the recirculating region have been discussed for the various parameters of Grashof number GrL, Reynolds number ReL and the geometry factor d/L. The characteristic behavior of this convection heat transfer, including the vortex flow mode in the recirculating region and the unstable fluctuating mode near the reattaching point appearing at the specific condition, has been clarified numerically and experimentally by introducing the generalized coupling parameter GrL/ReL2 and geometry factor d/L.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09615539810226148
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