Numerical study of thermoacoustic heat exchangers in the thin plate limit

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 445-471

  Besnoin, Etienne ^a   Knio, Omar M ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

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EID: 0012781426     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407780152619784     Document Type: Article

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