Numerical analysis of blockage and optimization of heat transfer performance of fractal-like microchannel nets

Journal of Electronic Packaging

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 38-45

  Wang, Xiang Qi ^a   Mujumdar, Arun S ^a   Yap, Christopher ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FRACTALS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT SINKS; OPTIMIZATION;

CONJUGATE FLUID FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; MICROCHANNEL NETS; TEMPERATURE UNIFORMITY;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 33646002345     PISSN: 10437398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2159007     Document Type: Article

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