Performance and optimum design of convective-radiative rectangular fin with convective base heating, wall conduction resistance, and contact resistance between the wall and the fin base

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2622-2631

  Aziz, Abdul ^a   Beers Green, Arlen B ^b  

^a GONZAGA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARES Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Convective base heating; Optimum design; Rectangular fin; Surface convection radiation

Indexed keywords

ADOMIAN'S DECOMPOSITION; BASE HEATING; BIOT NUMBER; COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUE; CONVECTIVE BASE HEATING; DIFFERENTIAL QUADRATURE ELEMENT METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL SINKS; FIN EFFICIENCY; FIN GEOMETRY; FINITE THICKNESS; GRAPHICAL DATA; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; HEATED WALL; MATHEMATICAL DETAILS; OPTIMUM DESIGN; OPTIMUM DESIGNS; OPTIMUM RADIATION; RECTANGULAR FIN; SINK TEMPERATURE; SURFACE CONVECTION-RADIATION; SYMBOLIC ALGEBRA; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; THERMAL VARIABLES; WALL CONDUCTION;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DATA TRANSFER RATES; DESIGN; HEATING; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; MIXED CONVECTION; RADIATION;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

EID: 67651227131     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2009.06.017     Document Type: Article

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