Dendritic vascularization for countering intense heating from the side

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 51, Issue 25-26, 2008, Pages 5877-5886

  Kim, S ^a   Lorente, S ^b   Bejan, A ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b INSA   (France)

Author keywords

Constructal; Dendritic; Svelteness; Turbine blade cooling; Vascularized; Volumetric cooling

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); COOLING; DENDRIMERS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GAS TURBINES; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT FLUX; POROSITY; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

CONSTRUCTAL; DENDRITIC; SVELTENESS; TURBINE BLADE COOLING; VASCULARIZED; VOLUMETRIC COOLING;

DROPS;

EID: 55549087885     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2008.04.063     Document Type: Article

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