Fluid flow and heat transfer in vascularized cooling plates

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 53, Issue 19-20, 2010, Pages 3607-3614

  Cho, Kee Hyeon ^a   Lee, Jaedal ^a   Ahn, Ho Seon ^a   Bejan, Adrian ^b   Kim, Moo Hwan ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructal; Cooling channel; Dendritic; Self cooling; Self healing; Smart structures; Vascular

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTAL; COOLING CHANNELS; SELF-COOLING; SELF-HEALING; SMART STRUCTURES;

CONCRETE BRIDGES; COOLING; DENDRIMERS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HYDRAULICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 77954536386     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2010.03.027     Document Type: Article

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