Effects of tapered-channel design on thermal performance of microchannel heat sink

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1342-1347

  Hung, Tu Chieh ^a   Yan, Wei Mon ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TAINAN   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Microchannel heat sink; Tapered channel design; Thermal resistance

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL DESIGN; MICRO CHANNEL HEAT SINKS; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; PUMPING POWER; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

BENCHMARKING; HEAT RESISTANCE; HEAT SINKS; MIXED CONVECTION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

DESIGN;

EID: 84866896280     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2012.08.008     Document Type: Article

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