Flat plate fin heat sinks in natural convection telecommunication modules

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, EEP

Volumn 26, Issue , 1999, Pages

  Sahraoui, Melik ^a   Refai Ahmed, Gamal ^b  

^a Station C   (Canada)

^b Astec APS Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COOLING; CORRELATION METHODS; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; THERMOANALYSIS;

FLAT PLATE FIN HEAT SINKS;

ELECTRONICS PACKAGING;

EID: 0343603309     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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