Tree-shaped flow structures with local junction losses

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 49, Issue 17-18, 2006, Pages 2957-2964

  Wechsatol, W ^a   Lorente, S ^b   Bejan, A ^c  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^b INSA   (France)

^c Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructal theory; Dendritic; Junction losses; Svelteness; Tree shaped

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; GEOMETRY; HEAT LOSSES; LAMINAR FLOW; OPTIMIZATION; TURBULENT FLOW;

CONSTRUCTAL THEORY; DENDRITIC; JUNCTION LOSSES; SVELTENESS; TREE-SHAPED;

PIPE FLOW;

FLOW PATTERNS; GEOMETRY; HEAT LOSSES; LAMINAR FLOW; OPTIMIZATION; PIPE FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 33745258171     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2006.01.047     Document Type: Article

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