On the nusselt number in heat transfer between multiple parallel blood vessels

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 127-129

  Cousins, A K ^a  

^a SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; HEAT TRANSFER; NUSSELT NUMBER; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

BIOHEAT TRANSFER; BLOOD VESSELS ARRAYS;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD VESSEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TISSUE;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSELS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; MATHEMATICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 0031080690     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2796055     Document Type: Article

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