A study of micro-scale, fractal-like branching flow networks for reduced pumping power and improved temperature uniformity

A first generation, one-dimensional predictive model is proposed for designing heat sinks with fractal flow networks. A three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model is analyzed as a means for validating the model and identifying areas for improvement. Two separate CFD models were devel...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alharbi, Ali Y.
Other Authors: Pence, Deborah V.
Language:en_US
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1957/29574