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The Assembly of the Fins and the Shape of the Body

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This chapter intends to address these questions, studying different shapes of bodies and simultaneously optimizing both the assembly of fins and the body.

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Évora, Évora, Portugal

    António F. Miguel

  2. Graduate Program in Mechanical Engineering, University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos, UNISINOS, São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

    Luiz A. O. Rocha

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Miguel, A.F., Rocha, L.A.O. (2018). The Assembly of the Fins and the Shape of the Body. In: Tree-Shaped Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73260-2_5

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