The effect of geometrical parameters on heat transfer characteristics of microchannels heat sink with different shapes

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1078-1086

  Gunnasegaran, P ^a   Mohammed, H A ^a   Shuaib, N H ^a   Saidur, R ^b  

^a Universiti Tenaga Nasional   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Microchannel heat sink; Numerical simulation; Rectangular; Trapezoidal; Triangular

Indexed keywords

MICRO CHANNEL HEAT SINKS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; RECTANGULAR; TRAPEZOIDAL; TRIANGULAR;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF WATER; HEAT SINKS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; HYDRAULICS; LAMINAR FLOW; LEAKAGE (FLUID); REYNOLDS NUMBER;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 77956061800     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2010.06.014     Document Type: Article

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