Heat transfer correlation for high-porosity open-cell foam

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 52, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 1488-1494

  Ghosh, Indranil ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Correlation; Foam density; Heat transfer; Open cell foam; Porosity

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NANOFLUIDICS; POROSITY; STRUTS; THERMOANALYSIS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

CONVECTIVE FLOWS; CORRELATION; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUMS; EXTENDED SURFACES; FOAM DENSITY; OPEN-CELL FOAM; POROUS STRUCTURES; SIMPLE CUBIC; SMOOTH TUBES;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 58149374417     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2008.07.047     Document Type: Article

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