Optimal shape profiles for cooling fins of high and low conductivity

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 47, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 4953-4966

  Bobaru, Florin ^a   Rachakonda, Srinivas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Dinosaur cooling fins; Intestinal villi; Meshfree methods; Non linear heat transfer; Shape optimization; Thermal fins

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; OPTIMIZATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

COOLING FINS; THERMAL BOUNDARY LAYERS;

COOLING;

FIN; HEAT EXCHANGER; HEAT TRANSFER; OPTIMIZATION; SHAPE;

EID: 4644313036     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2004.06.013     Document Type: Article

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