Numerical study on natural air cooling of fin arrays with enclosed boundaries

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, EEP

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 2107-2114

  Wei, Jie ^a   Hijikata, Kunio ^a   Tomimura, Toshio ^b   Fujii, Motoo ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 2142799232     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
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