Numerical study of the heat sink with un-uniform fin width designs

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 52, Issue 15-16, 2009, Pages 3473-3480

  Yang, Yue Tzu ^a   Peng, Huan Sen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CFD; Electronics cooling; Heat sink; Un uniform fin width design

Indexed keywords

CFD; ELECTRONICS COOLING; FIN DIMENSIONS; FIN HEIGHTS; FIN SHAPES; FINITE-DIFFERENCE METHODS; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HIGH REYNOLDS NUMBERS; IMPINGEMENT COOLING; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBERS; MOMENTUM EQUATIONS; NON-UNIFORM; NUMERICAL STUDIES; POWER LAWS; SIMPLEC ALGORITHMS; STAGGERED GRIDS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; TURBULENT STRUCTURES; UN-UNIFORM FIN WIDTH DESIGN;

COOLING; DESIGN; ENGINEERING EXHIBITIONS; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE MODELS;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

EID: 65549101366     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.02.042     Document Type: Article

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