An amendment of the generalized friction correlation for louver fin geometry

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 49, Issue 21-22, 2006, Pages 4250-4253

  Chang, Yu Juei ^a   Chang, Wen Jeng ^b   Li, Ming Chia ^b   Wang, Chi Chuan ^a  

^a INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^b FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Friction factor; Heat exchanger; Louver fin

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FRICTION; HEAT TRANSFER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

FRICTION FACTOR; LOUVER FIN; LOUVER FIN GEOMETRY;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

CORRELATION METHODS; FRICTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 33746375007     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2006.05.011     Document Type: Article

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