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Advanced thermal design with software tools

Also listed as: תכן תרמי מתקדם בעזרת כלי תוכנה הנדסיים

Thermal design carried out in the tools the industry actually uses. Conjugate modelling, thermal networks, parametric studies, and a validation habit.

Semester
Semester B
Weekly hours
4h
Counts as
Department electives
Interest areas
Flow and thermal design

Comes after

  • Heat transfer
  • Fluid mechanics 1

Opens up

  • Thesis-level thermal simulation

What it covers

Topics

  • Modelling conduction, convection and radiation in commercial tools
  • Conjugate heat transfer between solid and fluid domains
  • Thermal-network modelling and when it beats a full CFD run
  • Parametric studies and design optimisation
  • Validation against measurement
  • Projects: heat sinks, electronics enclosures, heat exchangers, thermal management

Results worth carrying out

  • Thermal resistances in series

    Rtotal=iRi,Q˙=ΔTRtotalR_{\text{total}} = \sum_i R_i, \qquad \dot{Q} = \frac{\Delta T}{R_{\text{total}}}
  • Fin efficiency

    ηf=tanh(mL)mL,m=hPkAc\eta_f = \frac{\tanh(mL)}{mL}, \qquad m = \sqrt{\frac{hP}{kA_c}}
  • Conjugate interface condition

    Ts=Tf,ksTns=kfTnfT_s = T_f, \qquad -k_s\left.\frac{\partial T}{\partial n}\right|_s = -k_f\left.\frac{\partial T}{\partial n}\right|_f

Figures worth knowing

  • Temperature contour plots
  • Thermal-resistance networks
  • Design-space and parametric plots

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