A meshless procedure for analysis of fluid flow and heat transfer in an internally finned square duct

Abstract

Application of the method of fundamental solutions in combination with the global radial basis function collocation method for analysis of fluid flow and heat transfer in an internally finned square duct is presented in the paper. Fluid flow problem is solved using the modified method of fundamental solutions. After that, the average fluid velocity and product of friction factor and Reynolds number can be determined. Heat transfer problem in the fluid is governed by a nonlinear equation with linear boundary conditions. The Picard iteration method is employed in the paper in order to transform the nonlinear problem into a sequence of inhomogeneous problems. At each iteration step, the general solution is obtained using the modified method of fundamental solutions and the particular solution is obtained using the global radial basis function collocation method. When the iteration process is stopped, the Nusselt number can be determined.