Constructal design of cavities inserted into a cylindrical solid body

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 134, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Lorenzini, Giulio ^a   Alberto Oliveira Rocha, Luiz ^b   Biserni, Cesare ^c   Domingues Dos Santos, Elizaldo ^d   André Isoldi, Liércio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

constructal design; cylindrical solid body; heat generating

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC CONDITIONS; CONDUCTING BODIES; CONSTRUCTAL DESIGN; DESIGN PARAMETERS; HEAT GENERATING; HOT SPOT; INTERNAL HEAT; NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATIONS; OPTIMAL DISTRIBUTIONS; OPTIMIZED GEOMETRIES; OUTER SURFACE; SOLID BODIES;

ASPECT RATIO;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84862731762     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4006103     Document Type: Article

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