Air forced convection through metal foams: Experimental results and modeling

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 112-123

  Mancin, Simone ^a   Zilio, Claudio ^a   Diani, Andrea ^a   Rossetto, Luisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Forced convection; Heat transfer; Metal foams; Pressure drop

Indexed keywords

AIR; AIR CONDITIONING; DROPS; ELECTRONIC COOLING; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FOAMS; FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; METALS; POROSITY; PRESSURE DROP;

AIR MASS FLOW RATE; COOLING APPLICATIONS; HEAT TRANSFER AND FLUID FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER CAPABILITY; METAL FOAMS; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; PRESSURE DROP CALCULATIONS; STRUCTURED MATERIALS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 84875517109     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2013.02.050     Document Type: Article

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