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Advances in Mechanical Engineering
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 797894, 9 pages
Entropy Generation for Nonisothermal Fluid Flow: Variable Thermal Conductivity and Viscosity Case
Energy Systems Engineering Department, Osmaniye Korkut Ata University, 80000 Osmaniye, Turkey
Received 8 May 2013; Accepted 8 July 2013
Academic Editor: Oronzio Manca
Copyright © 2013 Coskun Ozalp. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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