Poiseuille Flow in Sinusoidal,
Trapezoidal and Re-entrant Grooves
I have been working on modeling the flow of liquid in grooves using computational fluid dynamics. This information is of importance to the designers of heat exchange equipment that uses internally grooved tubing or ducts to enhance heat transfer.
Thomas, S., Lykins, R., and Yerkes, K., 2001, "Fully-Developed Laminar Flow in Sinusoidal Grooves," ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, Vol. 123, pp. 656-661.
Thomas, S., Lykins, R., and Yerkes, K., 2001, "Fully-Developed Laminar Flow in Trapezoidal Grooves with Shear Stress at the Liquid-Vapor Interface," International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 44, pp. 3397-3412.
Thomas, S., and Damle, V., 2004, “Analysis of Fluid Flow in Axial Re-entrant Grooves with Application to Heat Pipes,” AIAA Paper No. 2004-2177, to be submitted to AIAA Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer.