Computational aspects of effective thermal conductivity of highly porous metal foams

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 1841-1849

  Singh, Ramvir ^a   Kasana, H S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

^b THAPAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Correlation factor; Effective thermal conductivity; Metallic foams

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE INDUSTRY; CATALYST ACTIVITY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOAMS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT FLUX; OPTIMIZATION;

CORRELATION FACTORS; EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY (ETC); METALLIC FOAMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL MODEL; TWO DIMENSIONAL ARRAYS;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 3042734993     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2003.12.011     Document Type: Article

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