Constructal ducts with wrinkled entrances

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 52, Issue 15-16, 2009, Pages 3628-3633

  Bello Ochende, T ^a   Meyer, J P ^a   Bejan, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructal theory; Laminar flow; Optimal duct size; Wrinkled entrance

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTAL; CONSTRUCTAL THEORY; ENTRANCE REGIONS; FLUID FLOWS; HEAT TRANSFER RATE DENSITIES; NEW STRUCTURES; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; OPTIMAL DUCT SIZE; OPTIMIZED CONFIGURATIONS; PRESSURE DIFFERENCES; THERMAL INTERACTIONS; TWO DEGREES OF FREEDOMS; WRINKLED ENTRANCE;

BODIES OF REVOLUTION; FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; LAMINAR FLOW; OPTIMIZATION; SPECIFIC HEAT; VEHICULAR TUNNELS;

DUCTS;

EID: 65549112841     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.03.014     Document Type: Article

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