Date of Award
Summer 1984
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Program/Concentration
Mechanical Engineering
Committee Director
Sushil K. Chaturvedi
Committee Member
Oktay Baysal
Committee Member
Gregory V. Selby
Call Number for Print
Special Collections; LD4331.E56C43
Abstract
Friction factors for fully-developed flow in triangular ducts with fins of various sizes are investigated for Reynolds numbers ranging from 150 to 90,000. Two triangular ducts having apex angles of 60 and 38.8 degrees are studied. Results are presented in the form of standard plots of friction factor as a function of Reynolds number. Friction factor values for the smooth triangular-duct cases are in good agreement with the existing results. For the finned-duct cases, the fully developed axial-velocity profiles in laminar flow are determined by solving the x-momentum equation iteratively by the Gauss-Seidel finite difference technique. The theoretically determined friction factors for these cases are in good agreement with the experimental values of friction factors based on pressure drop measurements.
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DOI
10.25777/nkr1-t363
Recommended Citation
Chegini, Hoshang.
"An Experimental and Analytical Investigation of Friction Factors for Fully Developed Flow in Internally Finned Triangular Ducts"
(1984). Master of Science (MS), Thesis, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/nkr1-t363
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/mae_etds/424