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Turbulence modelling for thermal management of electronic systems

Turbulence modelling for thermal management of electronic systems

Dhinsa, K., Bailey, C. ORCID: 0000-0002-9438-3879 and Pericleous, K. ORCID: 0000-0002-7426-9999 (2004) Turbulence modelling for thermal management of electronic systems. In: 12th Association of Computational Mechanics in Engineering Annual Conference (ACME 2004), 5-6 April 2004, Cardiff, Wales, UK. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

The electronics industry is developing rapidly together with the increasingly complex problem of microelectronic equipment cooling. It has now become necessary for thermal design engineers to consider the problem of equipment cooling at some level. The use of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) for such investigations is fast becoming a powerful and almost essential tool for the design, development and optimisation of engineering applications. However turbulence models remain a key issue when tackling such flow phenomena. The reliability of CFD analysis depends heavily on the turbulence model employed together with the wall functions implemented. In order to resolve the abrupt fluctuations experienced by the turbulent energy and other parameters located at near wall regions and shear layers a particularly fine computational mesh is necessary which inevitably increases the computer storage and run-time requirements.
This paper will discuss results from an investigation into the accuract of currently used turbulence models. Also a newly formulated transitional hybrid turbulence model will be introduced with comparisonsaagainst experimental data.

Item Type: Conference or Conference Paper (Paper)
Additional Information: [1] This paper was first presented at the 12th Association of Computational Mechanics in Engineering Annual Conference (ACME 2004) held from 5-6 April 2004 in Cardiff, Wales, UK.
Uncontrolled Keywords: computational fluid dynamics, CFD, thermal management, turbulence models, transitional flow, recirculation vortices
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Computer software
T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Pre-2014 Departments: School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences
School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences > Centre for Numerical Modelling & Process Analysis
School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences > Centre for Numerical Modelling & Process Analysis > Computational Mechanics & Reliability Group
School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences > Centre for Numerical Modelling & Process Analysis > Computational Science & Engineering Group
School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences > Department of Computer Systems Technology
School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences > Department of Mathematical Sciences
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Last Modified: 13 Mar 2019 11:31
URI: http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/756

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