Nonlinear programming applied to thermal and fluid design optimization

InterSociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, ITHERM

Volumn 2002-January, Issue , 2002, Pages 54-60

  Cullimore, B ^a  

^a C and R Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Coolants; Cooling; Design engineering; Design optimization; Fans; Heat engines; Heat sinks; Heat transfer; Job design; Thermal engineering

Indexed keywords

COOLANTS; COOLING; ENGINEERS; FANS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT ENGINES; HEAT SINKS; HEAT TRANSFER; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING;

DESIGN ANALYSIS SOFTWARES; DESIGN ENGINEERING; DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; HEAT TRANSFER AND FLUID FLOW; JOB DESIGN; LEVEL OF AUTOMATIONS; PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELING; THERMAL ENGINEERING;

DESIGN;

EID: 84950127173     PISSN: 19363958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ITHERM.2002.1012438     Document Type: Conference Paper

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