Energy losses and heat transfer enhancement in transversally corrugated pipes

F. Talay Akyildiz, Dennis A. Siginer, Lyes Khezzar

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Abstract

Wall friction, temperature distribution and heat transfer through pipe walls are investigated in forced convection with Newtonian fluids in pressure gradient driven hydrodynamically and thermally fully developed steady laminar flow in transversally corrugated pipes. Novel analytical solutions derived via the epitrochoid conformal mapping are presented for the velocity and temperature fields. Analytical results are compared with numerical solutions obtained using the finite volume technique. The effect of the corrugation amplitude and the number of waves on the friction factor, the temperature distribution and the Nusselt number is discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3801-3806
Number of pages6
JournalInternational Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
Volume54
Issue number15-16
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 1 2011

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

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