Highlights • Inlet effects of tube spacing and a protrusion inlet on transitional flow. • Inlet flow maldistribution delayed and decreased the transitional flow regime. • Decreased tube spacing led to increased maldistribution. • Free convection dampened maldistribution effect for a square-edged inlet. • Free convection did not dampen maldistribution effect due to protrusion inlet.
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