Trees and serpentines in a conducting body

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 488-494

  Kobayashi, H ^a,b   Lorente, S ^c   Anderson, R ^d   Bejan, A ^b  

^a AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

^b Duke University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructal; Dendritic; Evolutionary design; Ground heat pump; Tree structure; Vascular design

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTAL; DENDRITIC; EVOLUTIONARY DESIGN; HEAT PUMPS; TREE STRUCTURES; VASCULAR DESIGN;

ARCHITECTURE; BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); DESIGN; HEAT TRANSFER; SERPENTINE; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

FORESTRY;

DESIGN; FORESTRY; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICS; STRUCTURES; TREES;

EID: 84867807971     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2012.09.012     Document Type: Article

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