Computational Analysis of High Aspect Ratio Cooling Channels

Abstract

Many parameters can have an effect of the cooling ability and pressure drop performance in high aspect ratio cooling channels (HARCC) However few studies have attempted to quantify these effects In the present study Fluent was used to solve the three-dimensional fluid dynamics and conjugate heat transfer within cooling channels of a variety of aspect ratios. The objective of these studies was to explore the potential impact of the asymmetric heating in a HARCC and to identify parameters which can have a significant effect upon the performance of High Aspect Ratio Cooling channels in order to design an experimental facility which will allow for the validation of the flow phenomenology.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 03, 2002
Accession Number
ADA409457

Entities

People

  • Al Ferrenberg
  • Curtis L Johnson
  • Dan Greisen
  • Matt Gotchy

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Aspect Ratio
  • Department Of Defense
  • Flow
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Heat Transfer
  • Information Operations
  • Military Research
  • Three Dimensional
  • Water Flow

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)