Heat transfer characteristics of an insulated regular polyhedron by using a regular polygon top solid wedge thermal resistance model

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 44, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 3015-3036

  Wong, King Leung ^a   Chou, Huann Ming ^a  

^a KUN SHAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Critical thickness; Insulation; Neutral thickness; Polyhedron; RPSWT model; Sphere; Thermal resistance

Indexed keywords

HEAT RESISTANCE; PROBLEM SOLVING; THERMAL INSULATION;

NEUTRAL THICKNESS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 0038034947     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-8904(03)00073-6     Document Type: Article

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