BARLETTA , Antonio

The combined forced and free flow in a vertical annular duct is studied under the hypothesis of steady-state parallel laminar flow. The Boussinesq approximation is invoked and the viscous dissipation is considered as negligible. The thermal boundary conditions are such that axial symmetry does not occur and temperature does not change in the...

The laminar mixed convection in a vertical annular duct is studied. The fully developed region is considered under the hypothesis of parallel flow. The momentum local-balance equation and the energy local-balance equation are solved analytically by means of the Fourier-series expansions method. Moreover, the Fanning friction factors are...