Tree-shaped networks with loops

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 48, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 573-583

  Wechsatol, W ^a   Lorente, S ^b   Bejan, A ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b INSA   (France)

Author keywords

Complexity; Constructal; Dendritic networks; Fractal; Loops; Robustness; Tree shaped

Indexed keywords

CONFINED FLOW; COOLING; DENDRIMERS; OPTIMIZATION; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); TREES (MATHEMATICS);

POINT-CIRCLE NETWORKS; TRANSFER DENSITIES;

HEAT TRANSFER;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 10444223072     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2004.08.020     Document Type: Article

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