Morphing tree structures for latent thermal energy storage

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 22, 2015, Pages

  Ziaei, S ^a   Lorente, S ^b   Bejan, A ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY STORAGE; HEAT STORAGE; MELTING; METAL MELTING; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

BRANCHING ANGLES; LATENT THERMAL ENERGY STORAGES; MELTING PROCESS; MORPHING; STEM LENGTH; TIME DEPENDENT; TREE ARCHITECTURES; TREE STRUCTURES;

FORESTRY;

ENERGY; STORAGE; STRUCTURES; TREES;

EID: 84935893330     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: 10897550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4921442     Document Type: Article

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