Optimization of a circular microchannel with entropy generation minimization method

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1225, Issue , 2010, Pages 351-362

  Jafari, Arash ^a   Ghazali, Normah Mohd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

circular microchannel; entropy generation minimization; thermal resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 78549278425     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3464878     Document Type: Conference Paper

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