Fluid flow characteristics of vascularized channel networks

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 6270-6281

  Cho, Kee Hyeon ^a,b   Kim, Moo Hwan ^a  

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

^b Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology (RIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Constructal; Hydrodynamics; Laminar flow; Mass transfer; Optimization; Self healing

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; ANALYTICAL RESULTS; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; CHANNEL CONFIGURATION; CHANNEL NETWORK; CONSTRUCTAL; COOLING CHANNELS; FLOW CONFIGURATIONS; FLOW RESISTANCE; FLOW UNIFORMITY; FLUID FLOW; HYDRAULIC DIAMETER; MASS FLOW RATE; NON-OPTIMIZED STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL DATA; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; SELF-HEALING; SYSTEM SIZE; VASCULAR DESIGN;

FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; MASS TRANSFER; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 77957895852     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.09.020     Document Type: Article

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