Constructal design of cooling channel in heat transfer system by utilizing optimality of branch systems in nature

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 245-255

  Ding, Xiaohong ^a   Yamazaki, Koetsu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHANGHAI FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Branch system; Constructal theory; Cooling channel; Heat transfer; Layout optimization

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

BRANCH SYSTEM; COOLING CHANNEL; LAYOUT OPTIMIZATION; THERMAL BOUNDARY CONDITION;

COOLING SYSTEMS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COOLING SYSTEMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 34548256802     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2426357     Document Type: Article

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