NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF FLUID FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS IN SINE, TRIANGULAR AND ARC SHAPED CHANNELS

Abstract

Time dependent Navier-Stokes and energy equations have been solved to investigate the fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics in wavy channels. Three different types of two dimensional wavy geometries (e.g. sine-shaped, triangular and arc-shaped) are considered. All of them are of single wave and have same geometric dimensions. Periodic boundary conditions are used to attain fully developed flow. The flow in the channels has been observed to be steady up to a critical Reynolds number, which depends on the geometric configuration. Beyond the critical Reynolds number a self-sustained oscillatory flow has been observed. As a result of this oscillation, there is increased mixing between core and the near-wall fluids, thereby increasing the heat transfer rate. For the same geometric dimensions, flow becomes unsteady at relatively lower Reynolds number in the arc-shaped channel.

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Dates

  • Submission Date2006-03-13
  • Revision Date2006-11-25
  • Acceptance Date2006-11-29

DOI Reference

10.2298/TSCI0701017H

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