Numerical Simulation of Flow Through Equilateral Triangular Duct Under Constant Wall Heat Flux Boundary Condition

被引：7
作者：
Kumar R. [1 ]
Kumar A. [1 ]
Goel V. [1 ]
机构：
[1] National Institute of Technology Hamirpur, Hamirpur, 177005, Himachal Pradesh
来源：
Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series C | 2017年 / 98卷 / 03期
关键词：
CFD; Forced convective heat transfer; Friction factor; Nusselt number;
D O I：
10.1007/s40032-016-0290-5
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摘要：
The force convective heat transfer in an equilateral triangular duct of different wall heat flux configurations was analysed for the laminar hydro-dynamically developed and thermally developing flow by the use of finite volume method. Unstructured meshing was generated by multi-block technique and set of governing equations were discretized using second-order accurate up-wind scheme and numerically solved by SIMPLE Algorithm. For ensuring accuracy, grid independence study was also done. Numerical methodology was verified by comparing results with previous work and predicted results showed good agreement with them (within error of ±5 %). The different combinations of constant heat flux boundary condition were analysed and their effect on heat transfer and fluid flow for different Reynolds number was also studied. The results of different combinations were compared with the case of force convective heat transfer in the equilateral triangular duct with constant heat flux on all three walls. © 2016, The Institution of Engineers (India).
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