FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS FOR LAMINAR FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER IN FINITE ROD BUNDLES |
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Authors: | KM SAHOO AK MOHANTY |
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Affiliation: | Department of Mechanical Engineering , I.I.T , Kharagpur, W.B, PIN-721302, India |
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Abstract: | This investigation deals with the application of finite element method to solve the thermohydraulic problem of laminar fully developed flow in the interior and wall sub-channels of finite fuel rod bundles. A variational principle has been used for the solution of the momentum and energy equations. Wall shear stress and temperature distributions, ?Re and Nusselt numbers are obtained for the sub-channels of different configurations. The results are compared with solutions generated by collocation and finite difference methods. |
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Keywords: | Finite element Heat transfer Laminar flow |
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