Determination of thermal properties of Cocos Nucifera trunk for predicting temperature variation with ITS thickness

Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 1 B, 2005, Pages 121-126

  Etuk, Sunday E ^a   Akpabio, Louis E ^a   Akpabio, Kenneth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FIBERS; THERMAL INSULATION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TIMBER; TROPICS;

COCONUT TRUNKS; FIREWOOD; SELF-COOLING; TEMPERATURE VARIATION;

WOOD;

COCOS; LUMBER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FIBERS; THERMAL INSULATION; WOOD;

EID: 20944447048     PISSN: 2193567X     EISSN: 21914281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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