Introduction This article will discuss air-cooled compact heat exchanger design using published data. Kays & London’s Compact Heat Exchangers [1] contains measured heat transfer and pressure drop data on a variety of circular and rectangular…read more
Air Cooled Compact Heat Exchanger Design For Electronics Cooling
February 1st, 2004
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Heat transfer measurements in electronics cooling applications
September 1st, 1998
Introduction Increased performance in electronic systems along with higher packaging densities have made temperature a critical parameter. Measurements of temperature, velocity and heat transfer in electronic systems are challenging due to complex materials, configurations, and…read more
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Conduction heat transfer in a printed circuit board
May 1st, 1998
In this issue, we examine heat flow in a printed circuit board (PCB), which typically is a layered composite consisting of copper foil and a glass-reinforced polymer (FR-4). A cross-sectional view of such a laminated…read more
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Measuring fluid velocity in electronic enclosures
January 1st, 1998
Thermal analysis and characterization of electronic systems requires a knowledge of fluid velocity. In pursuit of this information, we often resort to measurement or calculation. The issue of measurement becomes a challenge since we are…read more
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Evaluation of different heat transfer coefficient definitions
June 1st, 1995
The analysis of convective heat transfer problems pivots on the accurate knowledge of the heat transfer coefficient, h. The heat transfer coefficient is affected by many parameters which have been defined differently by various investigators.…read more
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