Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer
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Author: Frank P. Incropera, David P. DeWitt, Theodore L. Bergman, Adrienne S. Lavine
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Chapter 3, Problem 3.157P
Aluminum fins of triangular profile are attached to a plane wall whose surface temperature is
- What are the fin efficiency and effectiveness?
- What is the heat dissipated per unit width by a single fin?
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