... with reasonable accuracy in the range of studied R a L P for the different plates. Empirical correlations of N u ¯ L P exp = f ( R a L P ) , h ¯ conv = f ( R a L P ) and N u ¯ L P exp ⋅ ( A / A P...

.../methodology/approach The proposed LS-SVM model is developed using a relatively huge databank, including 253 experimental data sets. The predictive performance of this intelligent approach is validated using both experimental data and empirical correlations in the literature. Findings The results show...