Numerical simulation of laminar breakdown and subsequent intermittent and turbulent flow in parallel-plate channels: effects of inlet velocity profile and turbulence intensity

DOI10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.03.041zbMath1167.76349MaRDI QIDQ833687

W. J. Minkowycz, Eph M. Sparrow, John P. Abraham

Publication date: 14 August 2009

Published in: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.03.041

zbMATH Keywords

laminar-turbulent transition; inlet turbulence intensity; fully developed intermittency; inlet velocity profile; parallel-plate channel; transition Reynolds number

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76F99: Turbulence

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Uses Software

• ANSYS
• ANSYS-CFX

Cites Work

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