Finite element analysis of a flat plate solar collector

Finite Elements in Analysis and Design

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 283-290

  Subba, Rama ^a   Gorla, Reddy ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collector design; Finite elements; Solar collectors; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR ENERGY;

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0041729875     PISSN: 0168874X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0168-874x(96)00067-4     Document Type: Article

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5. P.E. Allaire, Basics of the Finite Element Method, W.C. Brown Publishers, Dubuque, IA, 1985.