8 Definitions 9 Heat flow. The rate of thermal energy transfer in a medium 10 driven either conductively along a thermal gradient or 11 advectively via mass transport. The standard unit is 12 watts, W. The term is also used to describe a subdiscipline 13 of geophysics, as in the title of this entry. 14 Conductive heat flux. The heat flow per unit area diffusing 15 by conduction along a thermal ...

A theoretical investigation is performed for studying the flow of heat transfer characteristics of Sakiadis and Blasius flow of magnetohydrodynamic Maxwell fluid with thermal radiation. We also incorporated the Cattaneo-Chirstov heat flux model to control the heat transfer phenomena. Numerical solutions are carried out by using Shooting technique. The effects of various governing parameters on ...

For the first time, 3D multiphysics finite element modelling has been used to optimise the geometry of a calorimetric thermal flow sensor. The model involves and couples three physics domains: electric, thermal and fluid mechanics. The model is validated against experimental data obtained from a thermoelectronic flow sensor comprising of a tungsten heating resistor and temperature sensing diode...

Objective(s):The aim of this study was to improve flowability and compressibility characteristics of starch to use as a suitable excipient in direct compression tabletting. Quasi-emulsion solvent diffusion was used as a crystal modification method. Materials and Methods: Corn starch was dissolved in hydrochloric acid at 80˚C and then ethanol as a non-solvent was added with lowering temperature ...

The design of 3-dimensional integrated circuits requires new specialized tools, methods and flows. Whereas some tools are on the market and some design flows for standard ICs are extended to handle die stacking and through-silicon vias, much R&D has still to address relevant and crucial problems. We can roughly classify design problems and tools into three categories: i) synthesis of 3D structu...

Thermal conductivity (k-value or λ-factor) is the fundamental driver of subsea thermal insulation system dimensions. It follows that an accurate determination of this parameter is a prerequisite for proper thermal design. Poor k-value data inevitably lead to inadequate system designs, which in turn can limit economic viability. This paper provides an overview of the error sources inherent to a ...

This investigation is undertaken to study the heat and mass transfer flow past an infinite vertical plate with variable thermal conductivity. The governing equations for the model are formulated with appropriate boundary conditions. The equations are simplified, non-dimensionalized and then solved numerically with the aid of MAPLE package. The flow phenomenon are characterized by the flow param...

Flow effects on the thermal loading in different optofluidic systems (optical trap and various microfluidic channels) have been systematically explored by using dye-based ratiometric luminescence thermometry. Thermal images obtained by fluorescence microscopy demonstrate that the flow rate plays a key role in determining both the magnitude of the laser-induced temperature increment and its spat...

Gas flow and performance characteristics of a high-temperature micro-electronically machined systems (MEMS)-based thruster are studied using a coupled thermal-fluid analysis. The material thermal response governed by the transient-heat-conduction equation is obtained by the finite element method. The low–Reynolds number gas flow in the microthruster is modeled by the direct simulation Monte Car...

Local cerebral blood flow (1CBF) was measured simultaneously in ten cats with (1) a large surface thermal diffusion probe resting on the cortex and (2) hydrogen clearance curves from implanted electrodes surrounding the thermal probe. A close correlation was found between 1CBF values obtained by the two methods. Since hydrogen clearance is accepted as quantitative, the data suggest that the the...