Constructal theory of natural crack pattern formation for fastest cooling

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 41, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 1945-1954

  Bejan, A ^a   Ikegami, Y ^b   Ledezma, G A ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COOLING; CRYSTAL LATTICES; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

NATURAL CRACK PATTERN FORMATION;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 0032108748     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(97)00301-3     Document Type: Article

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