Tree-shaped flow structures designed by minimizing path lengths

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 45, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 3299-3312

  Lorente, S ^a   Wechsatol, W ^b   Bejan, A ^b  

^a INSA   (France)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructal theory; Dendritic; Design; Flow geometry; Topology optimization; Tree networks

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; OPTIMIZATION; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

FLOW SYSTEMS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

DESIGN; FLOW PATTERN; GEOMETRY;

EID: 0037182563     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(02)00051-0     Document Type: Article

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