Optimum design of two-row slotted fin surface with X-shape strip arrangement positioned by "Front coarse and rear dense" princple, part I: Physical/mathematical models and numerical methods

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 731-749

  Tao, W Q ^a,b   Jin, W W ^a   He, Y L ^a   Qu, Z G ^a   Zhang, C C ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PUMPING PLANTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SPECIFIC HEAT;

IDENTICAL PUMPING POWER; OPTIMUM DESIGN; SPECIFIC FLOW; X SHAPE STRIP ARRANGEMENT;

SURFACE STRUCTURE;

EID: 33750036697     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407790600605855     Document Type: Article

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