Optimum wall thickness ratio based on the minimization of entropy generation in a viscous flow between parallel plates

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 587-592

  Ibáñez, Guillermo ^a   López, Aracely ^b   Cuevas, Sergio ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CIENCIAS Y ARTES DE CHIAPAS   (Mexico)

^b Universidad Politecnica de Chiapas   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍAS RENOVABLES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Entropy generation; Heat transfer; Optimization

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC SOLUTION; CONJUGATE HEAT TRANSFER PROBLEM; ENERGY CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; ENTROPY GENERATION; ENTROPY GENERATION RATE; FINITE THICKNESS; FLOW BETWEEN PARALLEL PLATES; GLOBAL ENTROPY; OPTIMUM WALL THICKNESS; OUTER SURFACE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SOLID WALL; SPECIFIC VALUES; THERMAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; WALL THICKNESS; WALL THICKNESS RATIOS;

HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; OPTIMIZATION; VISCOUS FLOW;

ENTROPY;

EID: 84861578339     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2012.03.011     Document Type: Article

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