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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications
An International Journal of Computation and Methodology
Volume 35, 1999 - Issue 8
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Original Articles

EFFECT OF UNCERTAINTIES IN FLUID PROPERTIES ON MIXED CONVECTION LAMINAR FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER IN A UNIFORMLY HEATED SMOOTH TUBE

Pages 875-889 | Published online: 29 Oct 2010
 

Abstract

Numerical analysis was carried out on the effect of uncertainties in fluid properties on developing mixed convection flow and heat transfer with variable viscosity in a uniformly heated smooth horizontal tube. The results indicate that the effect of fluid property uncertainties is greater on the apparent friction factors than it is on the Nusselt numbers, and the uncertainties in the friction factors and Nusselt numbers increase with increasing entrance effects, variable viscosity, and free convection effects. Overall, the maximum uncertainties in the predicted friction factors and Nusselt numbers were around 8% and 5%, respectively, for a 10% uncertainty in the fluid properties. Furthermore, these uncertainties in the friction factors and Nusselt numbers were found to increase approximately linearly with increasing fluid property uncertainties.

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