Constructal design applied to the optimization of heat transfer in a solid conducting wall

Proceedings - 2009 3rd Southern Conference on Computational Modeling, MCSUL 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 7-11

  Marques, C H ^a   Rocha, L A O ^a   Dos Santos, E D ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Constructal design; Negative fin; Thermal optimization; Y shaped

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; CONDUCTING WALL; CONSTRUCTAL DESIGN; GEOMETRIC PARAMETER; HORIZONTAL AXIS; NEGATIVE FIN; SOLID WALL; THERMAL OPTIMIZATION; Y-SHAPED;

DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

EID: 78549253224     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MCSUL.2009.9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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