Study of the Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics

Rahima Lanani-Benchabi

Abstract

The present work relates to the study of the characteristics of the turbulent and heat transfer flow from the forced convection in a two-dimensional corrugated periodic wall channel, using the Fluent CFD code. The mathematical formulation of the fluid state based on the Navier-Stokes and energy equations. Turbulence is modeled by the standard twoequation model (k-ε). Numerical solutions are obtained using the finite volume method. The obtained results show an increase in the Nusselt number with increasing Reynolds number and corrugation angle and a decrease in friction coefficient with increasing Reynolds number.

Keywords

Corrugation angle, Friction coefficient, Nusselt number

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[Rahima Lanani-Benchabi (2015), Study of the Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics, International Journal of Innovative Research in Engineering & Management (IJIREM), Vol-2, Issue-5, Page No-97 - 101], (ISSN 2347 - 5552). www.ijirem.org