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Quick, Easy, and Mostly Right Heatsink Performance Estimate

Posted May 28, 2010, by John Wilson

I really enjoyed both of the Web Seminars on heat sinks; Heatsink 101 presented by Alexandra Francois-Saint-Cyr and Heatsink 201 presented by Dr. John Parry.  I was especially interested in a couple of equations presented in Heatsink 101 that estimated h (convective heat transfer coefficient) and minimum fin spacing.  The equations were derived from a Flat Plate in Parallel Flow theory but were simplified … Read More

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