Thermal analysis of a longitudinal trapezoidal fin with temperature-dependent thermal conductivity and heat transfer coefficient

Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 590-601

  Khani, F ^a   Aziz, Abdul ^b  

^a Bakhtar Institute of Higher Education Iran   (Iran)

^b GONZAGA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fin efficiency; Fin heat transfer rate; Homotopy analysis method; Temperature dependent heat transfer coefficient and thermal conductivity; Trapezoidal fin

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); NUMERICAL METHODS; RUNGE KUTTA METHODS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS METHOD; FIN EFFICIENCY; FIN HEAT TRANSFER RATES; HEAT TRANSFER CO-EFFICIENTS; HOMOTOPY ANALYSE METHOD; HOMOTOPY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT AND THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TRAPEZOIDAL FIN;

HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS;

EID: 70349846069     PISSN: 10075704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnsns.2009.04.028     Document Type: Article

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