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The enhancement of heat transfer in a cavity was investigated in the absence of and in the presence of acoustic streaming induced by ultrasonic waves. The present study provides the experimental and numerical results of heat transfer in the acoustic fields. The enhancement of heat transfer was experimentally investigated in the presence of acoustic streaming and was compared with the profiles of acoustic pressure calculated by the numerical analysis. A coupled finite element-boundary element method (FE-BEM) was applied for a numerical analysis. Experimental and numerical studies clearly show that pressure variations are closely related to the enhancement of heat transfer in the acoustic fields.
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Yool Kwon Oh: He received his M.Sc. (Eng) degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1981 from Hanyang University. He also received his Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering in 1991 from Kyunghee University. He worked in Department of Mechanical Engineering, Illinois University as a visiting professor from 1986 to 1987 and Drexel University as a visiting professor from 1995 to 1996. He works in Department of Mechatronics Engineering of Chosun University as a professor since 1981. His research interests are Thermodynamics, Steam Power Plant and Internal Combustion Engine, Heat and Fluid Analysis, Solar Energy and Phase Change Heat Transfer in Acoustic Fields.
Ho Dong Yang: He received his bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering from Chosun University in 2003. He entered into Department of Precision Mechanical Engineering in the graduate school of hosun University in 2003. He works in Thermal Engineering Laboratory and Research Assistant. His current research interests are Enhancement of Heat Transfer in Acoustic Fields by using the Ultrasonic Vibration and Computational Simulation of Thermal-Fluid Dynamics.
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Oh, Y.K., Yang, H.D. A numerical study on the enhancement of heat transfer by pressure distributions in acoustic fields. J Vis 8, 73–81 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03181605
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