Thermal Management of Low Profile Electronic Equipment Using Radial Fans and Heat Sinks

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 130, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1-8

  Walsh, Ed ^a   Walsh, Pat ^a   Grimes, Ronan ^a   Egan, Vanessa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Electronics cooling; Low profile; Portable electronics; Radial fans and heat sinks; Thermal management

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONICS COOLING; LOW PROFILE; PORTABLE ELECTRONICS; RADIAL FANS AND HEAT SINKS; THERMAL MANAGEMENT;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); COMPETITION; FANS; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); MIXED CONVECTION; OPTIMIZATION; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PUMPS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

EID: 68949190979     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2977602     Document Type: Article

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