Unsteady flow and heat transfer in parallel-plate heat exchangers with in-line and staggered arrays of posts

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 101-133

  Saha, A K ^a   Acharya, S ^a  

^a Louisiana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; ELECTRODEPOSITION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT SINKS; HEAT TRANSFER; PRANDTL NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS; PINFINS;

UNSTEADY FLOW;

EID: 1242307817     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407780390236091     Document Type: Article

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