Effective thermal conductivity of heat pipes

Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 97-101

  Abo El Nasr, A ^a   El Haggar, S M ^b  

^a Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUIDS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT RESISTANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENTRAINMENT LIMIT; FLATTENING PHENOMENA; WICK LAYERS; WICKING STRUCTURE;

HEAT PIPES;

PIPES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 0030285843     PISSN: 09477411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002310050097     Document Type: Article

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