Optimal active cooling performance of metallic sandwich panels with prismatic cores

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 49, Issue 21-22, 2006, Pages 3819-3830

  Valdevit, L ^a   Pantano, A ^b   Stone, H A ^a   Evans, A G ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Antenna RF Passive Dpt   (Italy)

^c University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Active cooling; Genetic algorithm; Multi functionality; Prismatic cores; Sandwich panels; Thermo structural optimization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COOLING SYSTEMS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; TITANIUM;

ACTIVE COOLING; MULTI-FUNCTIONALITY; PRISMATIC CORES; SANDWICH PANELS; THERMO-STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

STRUCTURAL PANELS;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COOLING SYSTEMS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL PANELS; TITANIUM;

EID: 33746266335     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2006.03.042     Document Type: Article

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