Investigation into the performance of turbulence models for fluid flow and heat transfer phenomena in electronic applications

IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 686-699

  Dhinsa, Kulvir ^a   Bailey, Chris ^a   Pericleous, Koulis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flow separation and reattachment; Low Reynolds number (transitional) flows; Mesh sensitivity; Thermal management

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT RADIATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

DEGREE OF RECIRCULATION; FLOW SEPARATION; MESH SENSITIVITY; SHEAR-STRESS TRANSPORT; THERMAL MANAGEMENT;

ELECTRONICS PACKAGING;

EID: 29244431992     PISSN: 15213331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCAPT.2005.859758     Document Type: Article

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