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Effect of a Baffle on Pseudosteady-State Natural Convection inside Spherical Containers 

Duan, Yuping (2007-08-15)
Pseudosteady-state natural convection within spherical containers with and without thin baffles was studied computationally. Insulated or isothermal baffles were considered for passive management of the flow and thermal ...

Experimental Investigation of Bendable Heat Pipes 

Odhekar, Dhananjay (2005-08-15)
Heat pipes are highly conductive heat transfer devices. They use the latent heat of the working fluid for efficient heat transfer over a very small temperature drop. They have been a subject of numerous studies since the ...

Experimental Investigation of Cavity Induced Two Phase Flow in Silicon Microchannels 

Pate, Daniel (2006-12-15)
Modern developments in microelectronics manufacturing and architecture continue to lead to reductions in feature sizes on microprocessor chips. The demand for faster and more powerful systems has approached the limits of ...

Investigation of the Effect of Radiation on the Thermophoretic Motion of Soot Particles in Free-Molecular Regime 

Sarangapani, Vamshi (2005-08-15)
The coupling of radiation and thermophoresis is hypothesized to result in attractive forces among soot particles in combustion environments. The effect of radiation from the soot particles on their thermophoretic motion ...

Modeling of Frictional Gas Flow in a Piezoelectrically Actuated High-Pressure Microvalve for Flowrate Control 

Johnson, Christopher (2005-12-15)
One-dimensional modeling of frictional compressible gaseous flow through a high-pressure piezoelectrically-actuated microvalve is studied. Focusing on the micro-scale gap between the boss and seat plates, variations of ...