Performance of a convectively heated rectangular fin with a step change in cross-sectional area and losing heat by simultaneous convection and radiation (step fins under radiation environment)

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 132, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1-6

  Kundu, B ^a   Aziz, A ^b  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b GONZAGA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Base convection; Convection radiation; Step rectangular fin; Temperature dependent thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; BASE CONVECTION; BASE HEATING; CONVECTION-RADIATION; CONVECTIVE FIN; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; FIN EFFICIENCY; HOT FLUIDS; NUMERICAL PROCEDURES; RADIATION ENVIRONMENTS; STEP CHANGES; STEP RECTANGULAR FIN; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; THERMOPHYSICAL PARAMETERS;

MIXED CONVECTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS; THERMOANALYSIS;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

EID: 77956142798     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4001928     Document Type: Article

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