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A numerical investigation is carried out to study the effect of splitter’s inclination angle behind an inclined square cylinder on the forced convection heat transfer in a plan channel using the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM). The simulations are conducted for the pertinent parameters in the following ranges: the Reynolds number Re=50–300, the gap ratio G/d = 2, and the splitter’s inclination angle θ = 0°−90°. The results show that with the increase in the angle of the splitter, the drag coefficient initially decreases and then increases. Moreover, the time-averaged Nusselt number at a certain angle increases noticeably.
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Seyyedi, S.M., Ganji, D.D., Gorji, M. et al. Forced convection heat transfer due to different inclination angles of splitter behind square cylinder. Appl. Math. Mech.-Engl. Ed. 34, 541–558 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10483-013-1689-9
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