Errors in one-dimensional fin optimization problem for convective heat transfer

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 39, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 3075-3078

  Yeh, Rong Hua ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT LOSSES; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS;

CYLINDRICAL PIN FIN; ONE DIMENSIONAL LONGITUDINAL RECTANGULAR FIN;

HEAT CONVECTION;

CONVECTION; FINS; HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 0030244031     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0017-9310(95)00331-2     Document Type: Article

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