Effect of a shield on the hydraulic and thermal performance of a plate-fin heat sink

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 233-240

  Li, Hung Yi ^a   Tsai, Go Long ^b   Chiang, Ming Hung ^a   Lin, Jhih Ye ^a  

^a HUAFAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Electronic cooling; Heat sink; Shield

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COOLING; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; HYDRAULICS; MIXED CONVECTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

BYPASS FLOWS; COOLANT FLUIDS; CROSS FLOWS; ELECTRONIC COOLING; FIN CHANNELS; FIN GEOMETRIES; FIN HEIGHTS; FIN WIDTHS; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBERS; PLATE-FIN HEAT SINKS; POWER CONSUMPTION; RADICAL EFFECTS; SHIELD; THERMAL FLUIDS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; THERMAL RESISTANCES;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

EID: 60749095383     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2008.11.012     Document Type: Article

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