Utilization of artificial neural networks in the context of materials selection for thermofluid design

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 825-844

  Bélanger, Simon ^a   Gosselin, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS; BUILDING WALLS; COMPUTATIONAL TIME; DESIGN SPACES; DIRECT SIMULATION; HEAT TRANSFER PROBLEMS; LAYERED POROUS MEDIA; MATERIALS SELECTION; MULTILAYER STRUCTURES; OPTIMAL DESIGN; TEST CASE; THERMO-FLUID DESIGN;

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; BACKPROPAGATION; HEAT SINKS; OPTIMIZATION; POROUS MATERIALS;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 67651232284     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407780902925515     Document Type: Article

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