Rectangular Heat Sink Design and Optimization Code Manual

Abstract

This paper is a manual on how to use the Rectangular Heat Sink Design and Optimization Code, a program that can be used to design and optimize heat sinks with vertically oriented rectangular fins. The program, based in Microsoft Excel, calculates the optimal fin spacing and efficiency, a whole heat sink efficiency, heat dissipation, and the maximum heat sink temperature based on the input parameters (fin length, fin height, fin thickness, fin material, maximum allowable temperature, and ambient temperature).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2018
Accession Number
AD1063883

Entities

People

  • Igbal Mehmedagic
  • Shana Groeschler

Organizations

  • Picatinny Arsenal

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Dissipation
  • Efficiency
  • Electronic Components
  • Electronic Equipment
  • Electronics
  • Equations
  • Geometry
  • Heat Sinks
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transfer Coefficients
  • Materials
  • Optimization
  • Spreadsheet Software
  • Surface Temperature
  • Thermal Conductivity
  • Thickness
  • Transistors

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Computer Science.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.

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