Constructal-theory network of conducting paths for cooling a heat generating volume

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 799-811

  Bejan, Adrian ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; OPTIMIZATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

CONDUCTING PATHS;

COOLING;

EID: 0031104450     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0017-9310(96)00175-5     Document Type: Article

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