Constructal design of isothermal X-shaped cavities

Thermal Science

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 349-356

  Lorenzini, Giulio ^a   Biserni, Cesare ^b   Link, Fernanda Bichet ^c   Dos Santos, Elizado Domingues ^d   Isoldi, Liercio Andre ^d   Rocha, Luiz Alberto Oliveira ^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

Cavities; Constructal design; Enhanced heat transfer

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; ISOTHERMS;

AREA FRACTION; CAVITY; CAVITY SURFACES; CAVITY VOLUME; CONDUCTING WALL; CONSTRUCTAL DESIGN; ENHANCED HEAT TRANSFER; GEOMETRIC LENGTH; PERFORMANCE; SOLID BODIES;

GEOMETRY;

EID: 84902496229     PISSN: 03549836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/TSCI120804005L     Document Type: Article

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