Computations were performed to study three-dimensional turbulent flow and heat transfer in stationary and rotating 45 deg ribbed rectangular channels for which experimental heat transfer data were available. The channel aspect ratio (AR) is 4:1, the rib height-to-hydraulic diameter ratio is 0.078 and the rib-pitch-to-height ratio is 10. The rotation number and inlet coolant-to-wall density ratios, Δρ/ρ, were varied from 0.0 to 0.28 and from 0.122 to 0.40, respectively, while the Reynolds number was fixed at 10,000. Also, two channel orientations and 135 deg from the rotation direction) were investigated with focus on the high rotation and high density ratios effects on the heat transfer characteristics of the 135 deg orientation. These results show that, for high rotation and high density ratio, the rotation induced secondary flow overpowered the rib induced secondary flow and thus change significantly the heat transfer characteristics compared to the low rotation low density ratio case. A multi-block Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) method was employed in conjunction with a near-wall second-moment turbulence closure. In the present method, the convective transport equations for momentum, energy, and turbulence quantities are solved in curvilinear, body-fitted coordinates using the finite-analytic method.
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A Numerical Study of Flow and Heat Transfer in Rotating Rectangular Channels With 45 deg Rib Turbulators by Reynolds Stress Turbulence Model
Mohammad Al-Qahtani,
Mohammad Al-Qahtani
Turbine Heat Transfer Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843
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Hamn-Ching Chen,
Hamn-Ching Chen
Ocean Engineering Program, Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843
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Je-Chin Han
Je-Chin Han
Turbine Heat Transfer Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843
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Mohammad Al-Qahtani
Turbine Heat Transfer Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843
Hamn-Ching Chen
Ocean Engineering Program, Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843
Je-Chin Han
Turbine Heat Transfer Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843
Contributed by the Heat Transfer Division for publication in the JOURNAL OF HEAT TRANSFER. Manuscript received by the Heat Transfer Division April 10, 2002; revision received September 10, 2002. Associate Editor: M. Faghri.
J. Heat Transfer. Feb 2003, 125(1): 19-26 (8 pages)
Published Online: January 29, 2003
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April 10, 2002
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September 10, 2002
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January 29, 2003
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Al-Qahtani, M., Chen, H., and Han, J. (January 29, 2003). "A Numerical Study of Flow and Heat Transfer in Rotating Rectangular Channels With 45 deg Rib Turbulators by Reynolds Stress Turbulence Model ." ASME. J. Heat Transfer. February 2003; 125(1): 19–26. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1527907
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