... 11, 2014; published online April 10, 2014. Editor: Terry Simon. 20 09 2013 11 03 2014 In the present work constructal design is employed to optimize the geometry of a convective, Y-shaped cavity that intrudes into a solid conducting wall. The main purpose is to investigate...

... Two-dimensional isothermal rectangular cavities inserted into a cylindrical body The objective of the analysis is to determine the optimal geometry that is characterized by the minimum global thermal resistance ( T max  −  T ∞ )/(q ″′A / k ). According to constructal design [( 3...

...Giulio Lorenzini; Roberta Lima Corrêa; Elizaldo Domingues dos Santos; Luiz Alberto Oliveira Rocha Constructal design is a method that conducts the designer toward flow (e.g., heat flux) architectures that have greater global performance. This numerical work uses this method to seek for the best...

... the efficiency of the proposed configuration. The results show that the present model forces the system to work more efficiently than the uniform distribution. 14 01 2008 05 02 2009 22 10 2009 channel flow forced convection laminar flow discrete heat source constructal design...

... Resistance Heat Transfer Interface Packaging Roughness Constructal Design Constructal theory draws attention to the possibility of explaining natural phenomena of “self-organization” on the basis of a principle of design optimization, subject to global constraints 1 2 . The initial...