The influence of material properties and spreading resistance in the thermal design of plate fin heat sinks

Journal of Electronic Packaging

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 76-81

  Culham, J Richard ^a   Khan, Waqar A ^b   Yovanovich, M Michael ^a   Muzychka, Yuri S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Tobe Camp University Road Abbottabad   (Pakistan)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ENTROPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); THERMODYNAMICS;

MATERIAL PROPERTIES; SPREADING RESISTANCE; THERMAL DESIGN; THERMAL NETWORKS;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

EID: 38749103489     PISSN: 10437398     EISSN: 15289044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2429713     Document Type: Article

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