Air-cooling effects of fins on a motorcycle engine

JSME International Journal, Series B: Fluids and Thermal Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 869-875

  Yoshida, Masao ^a   Ishihara, Soichi ^a   Murakami, Yoshio ^a   Nakashima, Kohei ^a   Yamamoto, Masago ^a  

^a MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air cooling; Cooling fin; Cylinder; Engine performance; Forced convection; Heat transfer enhancement; Internal combustion engine; Natural convection

Indexed keywords

COOLING; ENGINE CYLINDERS; FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MOTORCYCLES; NATURAL CONVECTION;

AIR-COOLING; COOLING FIN;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

COOLING; ENGINE CYLINDERS; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MOTORCYCLES; NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 33847282871     PISSN: 13408054     EISSN: 13475371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1299/jsmeb.49.869     Document Type: Article

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