Gravity-assisted air mixing in data centers and how it affects the Rack cooling effectiveness

Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems -Proceedings of the Intersociety Conference

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 434-438

  Herrlin, Magnus K ^a   Belady, Christian ^b  

^a ANCIS Incorporated   (United States)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central office; CFD; Gravity; High density; Index; RCI; Telecom; Thermal

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORCED CONVECTION; GRAVITATION; HEAT LOSSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AIR MIXING; CENTRAL OFFICE; DATA CENTERS; HIGH DENSITY;

COOLING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33845572346     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ITHERM.2006.1645375     Document Type: Conference Paper

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