Laminar Flow Forced Convection Heat Transfer and Flow Friction in Straight and Curved Ducts - A Summary of Analytical Solutions

Abstract

Theoretical laminar flow solutions for heat transfer and flow friction are of importance in the development of compact heat exchangers. Generally the higher the degree of compactness, the lower is the Reynolds number and the greater is the relevance of the theory solutions. In the report these solutions are compiled for twenty one straight ducts and four curved ducts. Some new analytical solutions are obtained by writing a general computer program for three ducts. Application of the analytical solutions to the gas turbine regenerator is discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0736260

Entities

People

  • A. L. London
  • Ramesh K. Shah

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Differential Equations
  • Energy Transfer
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Gas Turbine Regenerators
  • Gas Turbines
  • Geometry
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transfer Coefficients
  • Laminar Flow
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Mechanics
  • Thermal Conductivity
  • Turbines

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