Heat transfer during air flow in aluminum foams

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 53, Issue 21-22, 2010, Pages 4976-4984

  Mancin, Simone ^a   Zilio, Claudio ^a   Cavallini, Alberto ^a   Rossetto, Luisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air flow; Foam; Heat transfer

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; AIR MASS; ALUMINUM FOAM; EXPERIMENTAL DATABASE; EXPERIMENTAL HEAT TRANSFER; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FINNED SURFACE; FOAM CORE; GLOBAL HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; HEAT TRANSFER DATA; HEAT TRANSFER MODEL; OPEN-CELL FOAMS; PORES PER INCHES; WALL TEMPERATURES;

AIR; ALUMINUM; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 77955509818     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2010.05.033     Document Type: Article

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