2 papers
physics.flu-dyn2025
Wavy optimal flows for heat transfer in channels
Shivani Prabala, Silas Alben
We compute incompressible two-dimensional fluid flows that maximize the rate of heat transfer from the walls of a straight channel given a specified flow input power , wher…
physics.flu-dyn2024
Enhancing heat transfer in a channel with unsteady flow perturbations
Silas Alben, Shivani Prabala, Mitchell Godek
We compute unsteady perturbations that optimally increase the heat transfer (Nu) of optimal steady unidirectional channel flows, for a given average rate of power consumption Pe$^2…