The Significance of Radiation in a Central Office Chassis: A Case Study
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ABSTRACT
This paper investigates a typical central office chassis using FloTHERM to determine the significance of radiation heat transfer on specific computed solid and air temperatures and the overall partitioning of heat leaving the chassis by the various heat transfer modes.
Various power levels and ambient temperatures were considered. The chassis was forced convection cooled. Natural convection was analyzed for comparison.
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