Second-law analysis of heat and fluid flow in microscale geometries

International Journal of Exergy

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 286-301

  Avci, Mete ^a   Aydin, Orhan ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bejan number; Brinkman number; Entropy generation; Knudsen number; MEMS; Microscale; Second law of thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

DUCTS; ENTROPY; GEOMETRY; HEAT TRANSFER; MEMS; TEMPERATURE; VISCOUS FLOW;

BEJAN NUMBER; BRINKMAN NUMBER; ENTROPY GENERATION; KNUDSEN NUMBER; MICROSCALE; SECOND-LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS;

THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 34250714834     PISSN: 17428297     EISSN: 17428300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEX.2007.013395     Document Type: Article

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