Measurements and predictions of the flow distribution through perforated tiles in raised-floor data centers

Advances in Electronic Packaging

Volumn 2, Issue , 2001, Pages 905-914

  Schmidt, Roger R ^a   Karki, Kailash C ^b   Kelkar, Kanchan M ^b   Radmehr, Amir ^b   Patankar, Suhas V ^b  

^a IBM   (United States)

^b Innovative Research Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; COOLING; DATA PROCESSING; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT LOSSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERFORATING; PRESSURE DROP;

DATA CENTERS; FLOW RATES; FLOW RESISTANCE;

DATA WAREHOUSES;

EID: 0346938385     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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