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Wenxian Lin
Researcher at James Cook University
Publications - 125
Citations - 2248
Wenxian Lin is an academic researcher from James Cook University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Natural convection & Boundary layer. The author has an hindex of 26, co-authored 125 publications receiving 1936 citations. Previous affiliations of Wenxian Lin include Yunnan Normal University & University of Sydney.
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Analytical and experimental studies on the thermal performance of cross-corrugated and flat-plate solar air heaters
TL;DR: In this article, two types of solar air-heaters with cross-corrugated absorbing and bottom plates are considered and the thermal performance of these three types of heaters are analyzed, measured and compared under several configurations and operating conditions.
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Numerical simulation of three-dimensional flow dynamics in a hot water storage tank
TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of tank geometry and operating conditions on the thermal stratification within a storage tank, seven three-dimensional models have been numerically simulated by using the computational fluid dynamics program Fluent with realistic boundary and initial conditions applied.
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A parametric study on the thermal performance of cross-corrugated solar air collectors
TL;DR: In this paper, a comprehensive parametric study has been carried out on the thermal performance of cross-corrugated solar air collectors, which consists of a wavelike absorbing plate and a flat bottom plate.
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Direct simulation of natural convection cooling in a vertical circular cylinder
Wenxian Lin,Steven W. Armfield +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a scaling analysis is used to characterize the development of the vertical thermal boundary layer on the sidewall and the stratification in a vertical circular cylinder, and the transient flow patterns at the unsteady and quasi-steady stages are analyzed.
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Direct simulation of weak axisymmetric fountains in a homogeneous fluid
Wenxian Lin,Steven W. Armfield +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a weak axisymmetric fountain that results from the injection of a dense fluid upwards into a large container of homogeneous fluid of lower density is studied numerically.