An analytical method for the optimum thermal design of convective longitudinal fin arrays

Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1503-1517

  Franco, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; CONSTANT THICKNESS; FIN ARRAYS; GEOMETRICAL CONFIGURATIONS; HEAT FLOWS; ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES; LONGITUDINAL FIN; OPEN ARRAYS; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; OPTIMIZATION PROCEDURES; OPTIMUM THERMAL DESIGN;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FLOW MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 70349598908     PISSN: 09477411     EISSN: 14321181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00231-009-0526-5     Document Type: Article

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