An experimental and three-dimensional numerical study on the convective heat transfer inside a trapezoidal duct under constant wall temperature

Onur N., TURGUT O., ARSLAN K., Kurtul O.

HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER, cilt.45, sa.3, ss.263-274, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 45 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2009
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s00231-008-0423-3
  • Dergi Adı: HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.263-274
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this study, steady-state forced convection heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics for hydrodynamically fully developed thermally developing three-dimensional turbulent flow in a horizontal smooth trapezoidal duct with corner angle of 75 and hydraulic diameter of 0.043 m were both experimentally and numerically investigated in the Reynolds number range from 2.6 x 103 to 67 x 103 for isothermal conditions. Results have shown that there is a good agreement between the present experimental and numerical results.