Direct numerical simulation of fluid flow and heat transfer in periodic wavy channels with rectangular cross-sections

2012 ◽  
Vol 55 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 73-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Sui ◽  
C.J. Teo ◽  
P.S. Lee
2022 ◽  
Vol 171 ◽  
pp. 107248
Author(s):  
L.Y. Zhang ◽  
R.J. Duan ◽  
Y. Che ◽  
Z. Lu ◽  
X. Cui ◽  
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2013 ◽  
Vol 712-715 ◽  
pp. 1600-1604
Author(s):  
Jing Zhao ◽  
Bao Lan Xiao ◽  
Wei Ming Wu ◽  
Xiao Li Yu ◽  
Guo Dong Lu

The excellent thermal hydraulic performances of coolers are the foundations of vehicular safety and stability. Structure, material, fin type and arrangement all have important effects on the thermal hydraulic performances. Numerical simulation method was adopted in this paper to investigate the effect of fin arrangement. The fluid flow and heat transfer performances were contrasted and analyzed under two different fin arrangements. It was found that fin arrangement effected thermal hydraulic performances severely and during the design process of a cooler, the performance requirements could be met through adjusting fin arrangements.


Author(s):  
Ephraim M. Sparrow ◽  
John P. Abraham ◽  
Paul W. Chevalier

The method of Design of Simulation (DOS) was used to guide and enhance a numerical simulation of fluid flow and heat transfer through offset-fin arrays which from the interior geometry of a cold plate. The basic problem involved 12 independent parameters. This prohibitive parametric burden was lessened by the creative use of nondimensionalization that was brought to fruition by a special transformation of the boundary conditions. Subsequent to the reduction of the number of parameters, the DOS method was employed to limit the number of simulation runs while maintaining an accurate representation of the parameter space. The DOS method also provided excellent correlations of both the dimensionless heat transfer and pressure drop results. The results were evaluated with respect to the Colburn Analogy for heat and momentum transfer. It was found that the offseting of the fins created a larger increase in the friction factor than that which was realized for the dimensionless heat transfer coefficient.


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