Optimized envelope shape of wet fins for nonlinear heat and mass transport

Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 357-366

  Kundu, Balaram ^a,b   Lee, Kwan Soo ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MASS TRANSFER; RATE CONSTANTS;

HEAT AND MASS TRANSPORTS; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; HUMIDITY RATIO; OPTIMALITY CRITERIA; OPTIMUM PROFILE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; VARIABLE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WET SURFACES;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84862535649     PISSN: 08878722     EISSN: 15336808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.T3821     Document Type: Article

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