Second law analysis of a non-Newtonian laminar falling liquid film along an inclined heated plate

Entropy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 30-41

  Gorla, Rama Subba Reddy ^a   Pratt, David M ^b  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bejan number; Falling liquid film; Heat transfer; Non Newtonian fluids; Second law

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247541236     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10994300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/e9010030     Document Type: Article

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