Free convection limits for pin-fin cooling

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 633-640

  Fisher, T S ^a   Torrance, K E ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronics; Finned surfaces; Heat transfer; Natural convection; Optimization

Indexed keywords

INVISCID FLOW; TOTAL SYSTEM SIZE;

COOLING; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); HEAT LOSSES; HEAT RESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; POROSITY;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

CONVECTION; COOLING; FIN;

EID: 0032147507     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2824325     Document Type: Article

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