Heat sinks with sloped plate fins in natural and forced convection

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1773-1783

  Ledezma, Gustavo ^a   Bejan, Adrian ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; FINS; HEAT; NATURAL & FORCED; PLATE; SINKS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLANTS; COOLING; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FLOW OF FLUIDS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; HEAT RESISTANCE; HEAT SINKS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FIN ARRAY; PLATE FINS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

HEAT CONVECTION;

EID: 0030153005     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0017-9310(95)00297-9     Document Type: Article

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