Heat transfer in fractal channel network of wool fibre

Materials Science and Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1320-1322

  Fan, J ^a,b   Liu, Y ^a  

^a TIANJIN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fractal network; Golden mean; Heat transfer; Wool

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL NETWORK; FRACTAL NETWORK; GOLDEN MEAN; HEAT TRANSFER CAPABILITY; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; OPTIMAL CONFIGURATIONS; PARALLEL CHANNEL;

FRACTAL DIMENSION; HEAT TRANSFER; WOOL FIBERS; YARN;

WOOL;

FIBERS; HEAT TRANSFER; WOOL; YARN;

EID: 78649308965     PISSN: 02670836     EISSN: 17432847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/026708310X12798718274278     Document Type: Article

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