Viscous Flow and Convective Heat Transfer in Helicoidal Pipes, Straight Pipes Under Step Change Wall Temperature and in Curved Triangular Pipes

少数民族机构研究改进（RIMI）计划 为加强研究环境提供支持 主要是少数民族机构的能力， 拥有大量少数民族学生的机构。 符合条件的机构还必须有科学研究生课程， 工程学专业 为教师研究提供资金， 基金会支持的科学和工程领域， 购置研究仪器。 南方大学将 使用RIMI支持来研究螺旋管中的粘性层流。 螺旋管是弯管的第一个基本延伸。 研究人员将研究螺旋状的温度场 在均匀壁热通量条件下保持的管道。 在这些条件下收集的数据可以用于设计更多的 需要盘管式热交换的高效热交换器 元素 传热问题将在理论上得到解决， 实验性的 首席研究员是一个多产的贡献者 对流传热领域的期刊， 多通道圆管层流 该基金会 支持这个项目，因为少数民族的参与， 加强有价值的热流研究。

The Research Improvement in Minority Institutions (RIMI) program was established to provide support to strengthen the research environments and capabilities of predominantly minority institutions or institutions that have substantial minority student populations. Eligible institutions must also have graduate programs in science or programs in engineering. Funding is provided for faculty research in fields of science and engineering supported by the Foundation and for the acquisition of research instrumentation. Southern University will use RIMI support to study viscous laminar flows in helicoidal pipes. The helicoidal pipe is the first basic extension of a curved pipe. Researchers will investigate the temperature field in a helicoidal pipe that is maintained under a uniform wall heat flux condition. Data collected under these conditions may be used in designing more efficient heat exchangers that require coil type heat exchange elements. The heat transfer problems will be addressed theoretically and experimentally. The principal investigator is a prolific contributor to refereed journals in the area of convective heat transfer for laminar flows in multi-passage circular pipes. The Foundation has supported this project because the participation of minorities in meritorious heat flow research will be enhanced.