The ``flow of stresses concept: the analogy between mechanical strength and heat convection

DOI10.1016/J.IJHEATMASSTRANSFER.2010.03.038MaRDI QIDQ992858zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors J. Lee, S. Lorente, A. Bejan

Publication date 10 September 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.2010.03.038

zbMATH Keywords

treesconstructal lawadhesive jointsligamentstendonsflow of stresses

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Parallel shear flows in hydrodynamic stability (76E05)

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