... 24 11 2010 aluminium boundary layers computational fluid dynamics contact resistance convection finite volume methods heat sinks metal foams With the development of new high power-density electronics arises the need for more effective means of dissipating the excess heat...

..., the disagreements are not due to omitting the fluid conduction in the current analysis. Comparison to Lee and Vafai ( 8 ) for κ = 0.01 and various Bi 21 11 2007 18 02 2009 12 06 2009 convection flow through porous media metal foams convection heat sink metal...

... conducted to explore the details of convective heat transfer in finned metal foam heat sinks. The addition of fins is shown to distribute the heat more evenly in the heat sink, thereby making better use of the internal surface area of the aluminum foam and yielding significant enhancements in the total heat...

...Sheng-Chung Tzeng; Tzer-Ming Jeng This work experimentally and numerically investigates the heat transfer in uncompressed∕compressed metal foams. Experiments were conducted to obtain the thermal characteristics of a rectangular channel filled with aluminum foams using air as the fluid medium...

...A. Bhattacharya; R. L. Mahajan In this paper, we present our recent experimental results on buoyancy-induced convection in aluminum metal foams of different pore densities [corresponding to 5, 10, 20, and 40 pores per in. (PPI)] and porosities (0.89–0.96). The results show that compared to a heated...

... (two metallic alloys, an organic material and an organic material imbedded inside a metal foam) were studied to explore possible trade-offs in their use. The computations show that an organic PCM without a thermal conductivity enhancer is a poor choice due to its very low thermal conductivity...