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Spreadsheet Based Thermal Resistance Analysis Part 2: Generating the Thermal Resistance Matrix

June 13th, 2011

The first article in this series on spreadsheet based thermal resistance network analysis [1] described a procedure for using Microsoft Excel to solve a thermal resistance network by applying matrix analysis. That article assumed that…read more

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calculation corner: a spreadsheet based matrix solution for a thermal resistance network: part 1

September 13th, 2010

Ross Wilcoxon Rockwell Collins Cedar Rapids, Iowa A thermal resistance network analysis begins by defining discrete points within a system, known as nodes, and the thermal resistance between each set of nodes.  Boundary conditions for…read more

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