... 11, 2014; published online April 10, 2014. Editor: Terry Simon. 20 09 2013 11 03 2014 In the present work constructal design is employed to optimize the geometry of a convective, Y-shaped cavity that intrudes into a solid conducting wall. The main purpose is to investigate...

...  = 0.15. 18 08 2011 11 11 2011 24 05 2012 24 05 2012 constructal design heat generating cylindrical solid body Constructal theory is the view that the generation of flow configurations is a physics phenomenon that can be based on a physics principle (the constructal...

...Giulio Lorenzini; Roberta Lima Corrêa; Elizaldo Domingues dos Santos; Luiz Alberto Oliveira Rocha Constructal design is a method that conducts the designer toward flow (e.g., heat flux) architectures that have greater global performance. This numerical work uses this method to seek for the best...

... and fluid behaviors, but also to simulate a sufficient number of flow configurations such that the influence of geometry on the performance is clear ( 2 ). discrete heat source constructal design convective cooling laminar flow electronic cooling channel flow forced convection laminar...

... received by the Heat Transfer Division November 22, 1999; revision received February 22, 2001. Associate Editor: S. Sadhal. 22 November 1999 22 February 2001 heat conduction numerical analysis Contact Resistance Heat Transfer Interface Packaging Roughness Constructal Design...