An experimental study and numerical modeling of the flow in a network of triangular microchannels

Heat Transfer Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 15-23

  Niklas, Mariusz ^a   Favre Marinet, Michel ^b  

^a CZESTOCHOWA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b LEGI   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUCTS; HEAT PIPES; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

MICROCHANNEL NETWORKS; MICROHEAT PIPES; PARALLEL MICROCHANNELS; TRIANGULAR MICROCHANNELS;

CHANNEL FLOW;

EID: 23944480857     PISSN: 01457632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01457630591003673     Document Type: Article

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