Structural optimization of two-dimensional cellular metals cooled by forced convection

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 50, Issue 13-14, 2007, Pages 2590-2604

  Wen, T ^a   Xu, F ^a   Lu, T J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CFD; Laminar forced convection; Optimization; Two dimensional cellular metals

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; TOPOLOGY;

FIN ANALOGY MODEL; LAMINAR FORCED CONVECTION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CELLULAR METALS;

FORCED CONVECTION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FORCED CONVECTION; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; TOPOLOGY;

EID: 33947723713     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2006.11.026     Document Type: Article

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