Thermal management of an avionics module using solid-liquid phase-change materials

Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 256-262

  Pal, Debabrata ^a,c   Joshi, Yogendra K ^b,d  

^a MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Cellular Infrastructure Group   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Isotope ratio; Isotopic selectivity; Lithium; Resonance ionisation mass spectrometry; Theoretical calculations

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MELTING; NATURAL CONVECTION; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

SOLID LIQUID PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; THERMAL MANAGEMENT;

AVIONICS;

EID: 0032047946     PISSN: 08878722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.6329     Document Type: Article

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