Constructal entransy dissipation minimization for “volume-point” heat conduction based on triangular element

Constructal Optimizations for Heat and Mass Transfers Based on the Entransy Dissipation Extremum Principle, Performed at the Naval University of Engineering: A Review

Combining entransy theory with constructal theory, this mini-review paper summarizes the constructal optimization work of heat conduction, convective heat transfer, and mass transfer problems during the authors’ working time in the Naval University of Engineering. The entransy dissipation extremum principle (EDEP) is applied in constructal optimizations, and this paper is divided into three par...

Constructal design of tree-shaped conductive pathways for cooling a heat generating volume

Constructal design is used to study heat removal from a square heated body with a tree shaped high thermal conductivity pathways embedded in the body. The objective is to minimize the defined maximum dimensionless temperature difference for the body. The thermal conductivity of the body is low, and there is a uniform heat generation on it. The volume of the body is fixed. The amount of high con...

Boundary Element Analysis of Nonlinear Heat Conduction Problem with Point, Line and Distributed Heat Sources Employing Analytical integrations

Boundary Element Analysis of Nonlinear Heat Conduction Problem with Point, Line and Distributed Heat Sources Employing Analytical integrations

Boundary element modeling of 3D anisotropic heat conduction involving arbitrary volume heat source

This article presents a BIE (Boundary Integral Equation) modeling that applies the technique of domain mapping (Shiah and Tan (1998) [12]) as well as MRM (Multiple Reciprocity Method (Nowak (1989) [10])) to treat the problem of 3D anisotropic heat conduction involving arbitrary volume heat source. By the domainmapping technique, the original function of the volume heat source is accordingly tra...