(July 8, 2016) Recently, Tong Wu, of the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, led a team of researchers who have discovered that manufacturers can create 3D printed heat sinks that can perform as well as conventional heat sinks by employing an annealing process. The research project compared the performance of 3D printed aluminum heat sinks to non-printed … [Read more...]
Calculation Corner: Estimating The Effect Of Flow Bypass On Parallel Plate-Fin Heat Sink Performance
by Bob Simons – Reprinted from ElectronicsCooling, Feb., 2004 [Formatted by B. Guenin, 4/4/16] In past issues of ElectronicsCooling, methodologies were presented for estimating parallel plate-fin heat sink thermal resistance [1] and pressure drop [2]. The underlying assumption for both articles was that all the flow delivered by the fan is forced to go through the channels … [Read more...]
Thermal Facts and Fairy Tales: Understanding and Defining Electronics Cooling Requirements
Jim Wilson My experience in electronics cooling has taught me that it is often a fairy tale that thermal engineers fully understand requirements related to their designs and analyses, or that they fully understand the implications of subjecting thermal requirements on suppliers or coworkers. A rush to get a quick answer or to use the latest feature in an analysis software code … [Read more...]
Application of Phase Change Materials in Handheld Computing Devices
William Maltz, Darryl Moore, and Arun Raghupathy 1. Introduction With peak loads often in the order of minutes and ergonomic considerations limiting surface temperatures and acoustical noise, handheld devices, such as smart phones or tablets, are excellent candidates for use of phase change materials (PCMs). Processor loads in handheld products are highly variable. There … [Read more...]
New Software Creates Heat Sink Geometries
From Cradle, HeatDesigner is a fast, efficient, and easy to use thermal analysis tool for electronics cooling. It includes a one time saving feature, a Parametric Study Tool, and plate heat sink creation. With a few inputs, the shape of pin or plates fins, and their orientation and spacing are quickly created. HeatDesigner models can contain 100 million elements so the flow … [Read more...]
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