A model for heat transfer in a honey bee swarm

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 387-400

  Basak, Tanmay ^a   Rao, K Kesava ^a   Bejan, Adrian ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; FUNCTIONS; GEOMETRY; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

HEAT GENERATION FUNCTION; HONEY BEE SWARM; STEADY STATE CONDITION; TEMPERATURE PROFILES;

HEAT TRANSFER;

ANIMALS; BEE SWARMS; HEAT TRANSFER; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL;

EID: 0030072185     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2509(95)00283-9     Document Type: Article

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