Fuzzy modeling of performance of counterflow Ranque-Hilsch vortex tubes with different geometric constructions

Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 499-517

  Dincer, K ^a   Tasdemir, S ^a   Baskaya, S ^b   Ucgul, I ^c   Uysal, B Z ^b  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTS; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FUZZY LOGIC; MATLAB; TECHNETIUM; TUBES (COMPONENTS); WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM;

EXPERIMENTAL DATUMS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; FUZZY EXPERT SYSTEMS; FUZZY LOGIC TOOLBOXES; FUZZY MODELING; GEOMETRIC CONSTRUCTIONS; OUTPUT PARAMETERS; VORTEX TUBES; WINDOWS XP;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 57049120522     PISSN: 10407790     EISSN: 15210626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407790802483432     Document Type: Article

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