An approach to robust design of turbulent convective systems

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 844-855

  Rolander, Nathan ^a   Rambo, Jeffrey ^a   Joshi, Yogendra ^a   Allen, Janet K ^a   Mistree, Farrokh ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DESIGN; SERVERS; THERMAL LOAD; TURBULENT FLOW;

ORTHOGONAL DECOMPOSITION TECHNIQUE; ROBUST DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC DESIGN; TURBULENT CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS;

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 33746392811     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2202882     Document Type: Article

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