Winglet-type vortex generators for plate-fin heat exchangers using triangular fins

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 533-555

  Vasudevan, R ^a   Eswaran, V ^a   Biswas, G ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

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EID: 0000456394     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/104077800750020423     Document Type: Article

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