Heat and Momentum Transfer Analogies for the Transitional and Turbulent Flow of a Non-Newtonian Power-Law Fluid in a Heated Pipe

Prapat Wangskarn, Bahman Ghorashi

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    Abstract

    A model is proposed for the transfer of heat to non - Newtonian power - law fluids flowing in heated horizontal pipes. Comparisons with the existing models, based on the absolute-percent-arithmetic-average-deviation and the percent-standard-deviation, show that under the transitional and turbulent flow regimes the proposed correlation fits the experimental data more accurately over a wide range of flow behavior index and there are no restrictions for its use when applied to pseudoplastic fluids.

    Original languageAmerican English
    JournalInternational Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer
    Volume17
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Mar 1 1990

    Disciplines

    • Complex Fluids

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