Efficiency of composite fins of variable thickness

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 51, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 2153-2166

  Cortés, Cristóbal ^a   Díez, Luis I ^a   Campo, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite fins; Fin; Fin efficiency; Heat transfer augmentation

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTATION THEORY; HEAT CONDUCTION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

COMPOSITE FINS; FIN EFFICIENCY; HEAT TRANSFER AUGMENTATION;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTATION THEORY; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); HEAT CONDUCTION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 41649094656     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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