Constructal design of nanofluids

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 53, Issue 19-20, 2010, Pages 4238-4247

  Fan, Jing ^a   Wang, Liqiu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Constructal design; Heat conduction; Inverse problem; Nanofluids; Optimization

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR DISCS; CONSTRUCTAL; CONSTRUCTAL DESIGN; NANOFLUIDS; THERMAL RESISTANCE;

ASPECT RATIO; DESIGN; HEAT CONDUCTION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOFLUIDICS;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 77954532942     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2010.05.050     Document Type: Article

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