Constructal design of a comb-like channel network for self-healing and self-cooling

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 66, Issue , 2013, Pages 898-905

  Lee, J ^a   Kim, Y ^a   Lorente, S ^b   Bejan, A ^c  

^a Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction Co Ltd   (South Korea)

^b INSA Paul Sabatier University   (France)

^c Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructal design; Constructal law; Global constraint; Global objective; Multi scale; Self cooling; Self healing; Tree shaped architecture; Vascularization

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTAL DESIGN; CONSTRUCTAL LAW; GLOBAL CONSTRAINTS; GLOBAL OBJECTIVE; MULTI-SCALE; SELF-COOLING; SELF-HEALING; VASCULARIZATION;

ASPECT RATIO; COOLING; DESIGN; LAMINAR FLOW;

NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 84883187972     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2013.07.070     Document Type: Article

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