Numerical investigation of thermal enhancement in a micro heat sink with fan-shaped reentrant cavities and internal ribs

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 52-60

  Xia, Guodong ^a   Zhai, Yuling ^a   Cui, Zhenzhen ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cavities and ribs; Microchannel; Numerical simulation; Thermal enhancement

Indexed keywords

BETTER PERFORMANCE; CAVITIES AND RIBS; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; FRICTION FACTORS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; RECTANGULAR MICROCHANNELS; REENTRANT CAVITY; THERMAL ENHANCEMENT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MICROCHANNELS; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

HEAT SINKS;

EID: 84877324156     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2013.04.005     Document Type: Article

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