Modeling the overall heat conductive and convective properties of open-cell graphite foam

Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Tee, C C ^a   Yu, N ^b   Li, H ^c  

^a Temptronic Corporation   (United States)

^b YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Whirlpool Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC MODELS; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; CONVECTIVE PROPERTIES; COOLING FLUIDS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FOAM MICROSTRUCTURE; GRAPHITE FOAM; OPEN-CELL; SURFACE FRICTION;

GRAPHITE; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; PRESSURE DROP; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOANALYSIS;

HEAT CONVECTION;

EID: 67650995630     PISSN: 09650393     EISSN: 1361651X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0965-0393/16/7/075006     Document Type: Article

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