Constructal design of T-shaped cavity for several convective fluxes imposed at the cavity surfaces

Journal of Engineering Thermophysics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 309-321

  Lorenzini, G ^a   Biserni, C ^b   Link, F B ^c   Isoldi, L A ^d   dos Santos, E D ^d   Rocha, L A O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

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

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTAL DESIGN; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; DISTRIBUTION OF TEMPERATURE; FOUR-DEGREES-OF-FREEDOM; GEOMETRIC OPTIMIZATION; HIGHEST TEMPERATURE; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; OPTIMAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

HEAT CONVECTION; MICROCHANNELS; OPTIMIZATION;

HEAT FLUX;

EID: 84887509639     PISSN: 18102328     EISSN: 19905432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1810232813040048     Document Type: Article

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