Improving vehicle windshield defrosting and demisting

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Aroussi, A ^a   Hassan, A ^a   Clayton, B ^a   Abdulnour, B S ^b   Rice, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b VISTEON CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFROSTING; HEAT TRANSFER; WINDSHIELDS;

AIR HANDLING SYSTEMS; FLOW-MIXING; FLUID FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFERS; NOZZLE GEOMETRIES;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 85072467291     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2000-01-1278     Document Type: Conference Paper

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