Combined effects of wall longitudinal heat conduction and inlet fluid flow maldistribution in crossflow plate-fin heat exchangers

Warme- und Stoffubertragung Zeitschrift

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 247-256

  Ranganayakulu, Ch ^a   Seetharamu, K N ^b  

^a AERONAUTICAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (India)

^b University of Southern Malaysia   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); WALL FLOW;

CROSSFLOW PLATE-FIN HEAT EXCHANGERS;

HEAT CONDUCTION;

EID: 0343006800     PISSN: 00429929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002310050392     Document Type: Article

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