Experimental thermal-hydraulic evaluation of constructal microfluidic structures under fully constrained conditions

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 54, Issue 15-16, 2011, Pages 3661-3671

  Hart, Robert A ^a   Da Silva, Alexandre K ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex flow arrangements; Constructal theory; Microfluidics

Indexed keywords

BRANCHING ANGLES; COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; COMPLEX FLOW; COMPLEXITY LEVELS; CONSTRAINED CONDITIONS; CONSTRUCTAL; CONSTRUCTAL THEORY; EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FLOW CHANNELS; HEAT TRANSFER AREA; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; HEATER TEMPERATURES; MASS FLOW RATE; MICRO-FABRICATION TECHNIQUES; MICROFLUIDIC STRUCTURES; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; PUMPING POWER; SELF-SIMILAR; SOFT LITHOGRAPHY; TEST SECTIONS; THERMAL HYDRAULICS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; TRANSFER LAYERS;

COOLING SYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTS; HEAT TRANSFER; MICROCHANNELS; MIXED CONVECTION; PRESSURE DROP; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PUMPS; SILICONES; SPECIFIC HEAT; TESTING;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 79956217299     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2011.02.063     Document Type: Article

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