The rate of heat transfer to a fluid flowing in a pipe can be greatly enhanced by the use of internal fins, but the pressure gradient must be similarly increased in order to maintain the desired flow rate. Computer simulations are a cost-effective method to obtain optimal heat transfer designs of internally finned pipes. / In this work, a control-volume finite element method was formulated, coded, and used for computer simulations of fully-developed, laminar, fluid flow and heat transfer in pipes with internal twisted fins of triangular cross-section. Values of Nusselt number and friction factor were computed for a relevant range of twist ratio, fin length, fin thickness, and Reynolds number, for a Prandtl number of 0.7. Some optimal configurations were identified. An overview of this work and the results will be presented in this thesis.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.30274 |
| Date | January 1999 |
| Creators | Tanguay, Michel. |
| Contributors | Baliba, B. R. (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Engineering (Department of Mechanical Engineering.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001746010, proquestno: MQ64250, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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