An experimental investigation on performance of fins on a horizontal base in free convection heat transfer

Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung

Volumn 37, Issue 4-5, 2001, Pages 409-416

  Guvenc A ^a   Yuncu H ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); THERMAL EFFECTS; WATTMETERS;

FIN ARRAYS; FIN CONFIGURATIONS;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 0035396469     PISSN: 09477411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002310000139     Document Type: Article

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