Thermal and fluid dynamic simulation of automotive fin-and-tube heat exchangers, part 1: Mathematical model

Heat Transfer Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 484-494

  Perez Segarra C D ^a   Oliet, C ^a   Oliva, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

GOVERNING EQUATIONS; SOLID ELEMENTS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 39649100391     PISSN: 01457632     EISSN: 15210537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01457630701851107     Document Type: Article

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