Constructal design of convective Y-shaped cavities by means of genetic algorithm

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 136, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Lorenzini, G ^a   Biserni, C ^b   Estrada, E D ^c   Isoldi, L A ^c   Santos, E D Dos ^c   Rocha, L A O ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

Constructal design; Convection heat transfer; Exhaustive search; Genetic algorithm; Y shaped cavity

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DESIGN; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HEAT CONVECTION;

CONDUCTING WALL; CONSTRUCTAL DESIGN; EXHAUSTIVE SEARCH; OPTIMAL DISTRIBUTIONS; OPTIMAL GEOMETRY; OPTIMAL SHAPE; TRANSFER PARAMETERS; Y-SHAPED;

GEOMETRY;

EID: 84904465995     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4027195     Document Type: Article

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