CFD analyses of a notebook computer thermal management system and a proposed passive cooling alternative

IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 443-452

  Tari, Ilker ^a   Yalcin, Fidan Seza ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FNSS Defense Systems Inc   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Conjugate heat transfer; Notebook computer; Passive cooling; System packaging; Thermal management

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATE HEAT TRANSFER; NOTE-BOOK COMPUTER; PASSIVE COOLING; SYSTEM PACKAGING; THERMAL MANAGEMENT;

COOLING; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; FUZZY CONTROL; HARD DISK STORAGE; HEAT EXCHANGERS; LAPTOP COMPUTERS; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MANAGEMENT; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; THERMOANALYSIS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 77953476279     PISSN: 15213331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCAPT.2010.2044505     Document Type: Article

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