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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications
An International Journal of Computation and Methodology
Volume 60, 2011 - Issue 2
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Numerical Evaluation of Flow and Heat Transfer in Plate-Pin Fin Heat Sinks with Various Pin Cross-Sections

Feng Zhou School of Energy and Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing, P.R. China; Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Ivan Catton Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
Pages 107-128 | Received 03 Sep 2010, Accepted 16 Apr 2011, Published online: 05 Jul 2011
 
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Abstract

A numerical investigation of the thermal and hydraulic performance of 20 different plate-pin fin heat sinks with various shapes of pin cross-sections (square, circular, elliptic, NACA profile, and dropform) and different ratios of pin widths to plate fin spacing (0.3, 0.4, 0.5, and 0.6) was performed. Finite volume method-based CFD software, Ansys CFX, was used as the 3-D Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes Solver. A k-ω based shear-stress-transport model was used to predict the turbulent flow and heat transfer through the heat sink channels. The present study provides original information about the performance of this new type of compound heat sink.

Acknowledgments

The support of a DARPA grant within the MACE program is gratefully acknowledged. The views, opinions, and/or findings contained in this article are those of the author and should not be interpreted as representing the official views or policies, either expressed or implied, of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency or the Department of Defense.

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