The effect of tip convection on the performance and optimum dimensions of cooling fins
Abstract
A general heat balance differential equation for straight and annular fins with rectangular, triangular, and parabolic shapes has been solved numerically. It is found that the effect of tip convection significantly affects the fin efficiency and has almost no effect on the tip heat dissipation compared to the total heat dissipation.
- Publication:
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International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer
- Pub Date:
- August 1992
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0735-1933(92)90012-7
- Bibcode:
- 1992ICHMT..19..569L
- Keywords:
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- Convection;
- Cooling Systems;
- Fins;
- Performance Prediction;
- Thermal Analysis;
- Electronic Equipment;
- Heat Balance;
- Heat Exchangers;
- Optimization;
- Temperature Distribution;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer