A Design Approach to Thermal Characterization of Forced Convection Systems Using Superposition in CFD
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This paper shows how the adiabatic heat transfer coefficient concept can be used in system-level thermal design with CFD by exploiting the principle of superposition. The method requires no additional analysis methods except for matrix multiplication.
For forced convection systems where radiation and natural convection effects are minimal, the results of this study have shown excellent correlation.
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