Optimal porosity distribution of fibrous insulation

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 52, Issue 19-20, 2009, Pages 4350-4357

  Du, Ning ^a,b   Fan, Jintu ^a   Wu, Huijun ^a   Sun, Weiwei ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Conduction; Insulation; Optimization; Porosity; Porous media; Radiation

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTION; CONDUCTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; COUPLED CONDUCTION; FIBROUS INSULATION; FIBROUS MATERIAL; FIBROUS POROUS MEDIA; HEAT FLOWS; HIGH POROSITY; INSULATING PERFORMANCE; LOW POROSITY; NONUNIFORM; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMAL DISTRIBUTIONS; PIECE-WISE; POROSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; POROUS MEDIA; POROUS MEDIUM; QUASI-NEWTON OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION HEAT TRANSFER; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; VARIABLE ANALYSIS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; OPTIMIZATION; POROUS MATERIALS; THERMAL INSULATION;

POROSITY;

EID: 67650081382     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.03.067     Document Type: Article

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