Numerical simulation of fluid flow and heat transfer in a microchannel heat sink with offset fan-shaped reentrant cavities in sidewall

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 577-584

  Chai, Lei ^a   Xia, Guodong ^a   Zhou, Mingzheng ^a   Li, Jian ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Microchannel heat sink; Numerical simulation; Offset fan shaped reentrant cavities

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING FLOW; FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER; FLUID FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; HEAT TRANSFER SURFACE AREA; MICRO CHANNEL HEAT SINKS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OFFSET FAN-SHAPED REENTRANT CAVITIES; RECTANGULAR MICROCHANNELS; REENTRANT CAVITY; SIMPLEX METHODS; THERMAL BOUNDARY LAYER;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLUIDS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROCHANNELS; PRESSURE DROP;

HEAT SINKS;

EID: 79954631888     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2010.12.037     Document Type: Article

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