An experimental study on the design of miniature heat sinks for forced convection air cooling

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 131, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1-9

  Egan, Vanessa ^a   Stafford, Jason ^a   Walsh, Pat ^a   Walsh, Ed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Forced convection cooling; Low profile; Miniature fan

Indexed keywords

AIR COOLING; CHANNEL WALL; COOLING POWER; COOLING SOLUTIONS; EXIT ANGLES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HEAT SINK DESIGN; LOW PROFILE; MINIATURE FAN; NON-UNIFORM FLOWS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES; PRESSURE LOSS; PROFILE HEIGHTS; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

COOLING; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FLOW VISUALIZATION; FORCED CONVECTION; THERMOANALYSIS; VEHICULAR TUNNELS; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

PARALLEL FLOW;

EID: 77952833761     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3110005     Document Type: Article

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