ISSN:
1432-1114
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Abstract This paper presents new experimental results on thermal field and heat transfer in a two-dimensional annulus between horizontally eccentric cylinders. The study is conducted by means of optical techniques, for 1.07×104≤Ra L≤8.27×104 and a wide eccentricity range. The horizontal eccentricity of the inner cylinder substantially alters the thermal field and the geometry of the plume, but, in analogy to the behaviour for vertical eccentricity, the average Nu is slightly affected in the investigated range of eccentricity. The concentric geometry is also considered mainly to validate the experimental technique and evaluate the accuracy of the adopted methodology by comparison with available results. Both shearing interferometer and reference beam interferometer are obtained by means of Wollaston prisms with appropriate splitting angles, so that the temperature and local Nu distributions may be evaluated quantitatively from the original pictures via digital image processing.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00193885
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