Optimally staggered finned circular and elliptic tubes in forced convection

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 47, Issue 6-7, 2004, Pages 1347-1359

  Matos, R S ^a   Vargas, J V C ^a   Laursen, T A ^b   Bejan, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLÓGICA FEDERAL DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); HEAT TRANSFER; OPTIMIZATION;

OPTIMAL SPACING;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; OPTIMIZATION; PRESSURE DROP; TUBE BANK;

EID: 0347317898     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2003.08.015     Document Type: Article

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