Visual observation of oscillating heat pipes using neutron radiography

Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 366-372

  Wilson, C ^a,c   Borgmeyer, B ^a,c   Winholtz, R A ^a,c   Ma, H B ^a,c   Jacobson, D L ^b,d   Hussey, D S ^b,d   Arif, M ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering ^*

^d Physics Laboratory

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMONDS; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUIDS; NANOFLUIDICS; NANOPARTICLES; NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY; NEUTRONS; OSCILLATING FLOW;

CONDENSER TEMPERATURE; DIAMOND NANO-PARTICLES; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; FLUID OSCILLATIONS; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; OSCILLATING HEAT PIPES; QUALITATIVE OBSERVATIONS; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS;

HEAT PIPES;

EID: 50849114891     PISSN: 08878722     EISSN: 15336808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.33758     Document Type: Article

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