A heuristic approach to optimal arrangement of multiple heat sources under conjugate natural convection

DOI10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.09.013zbMath1180.80045MaRDI QIDQ846713

C. Balaji, T. V. V. Sudhakar, S. P. Venkateshan

Publication date: 9 February 2010

Published in: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.09.013

zbMATH Keywords

optimization; natural convection; three-dimensional; numerical; surface radiation; experimental; emissivity; protruding heat sources

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76M12: Finite volume methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics

76R10: Free convection

80-05: Experimental work for problems pertaining to classical thermodynamics

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