… The following annular fin shape design problem is considered to illustrate the methodology
… the optimum annular fin always has the best fin efficiency among the six types of annular fins. …

… an annular fin is a … shape design problem is considered in this study. The conjugate gradient
method (CGM) is utilized as the optimization tool based on the desired fin efficiency and fin …

… optimization methodology proposed in this work is split in two independent parts: in the first
one, the fin shape is optimized … the position of the fin shape design. In parallel, the range of …

… For each shape, optimizations were performed independently and the optimal solutions
obtained were compared and analyzed. We aim to obtain the optimized fin shape by using a nu…

… study to determine the optimal fin shape of an impingement … the optimal fin shape of the
heat sink with a specified fin array … sink, the following optimal heat sink design problems will be …

… based on the desired fin efficiency and fin volume with the … fin design problem lies in that
no a priori information on the functional form of the fin shape is needed; the optimal fin shape …

… optimization applications [[14], [15], [16], [17]], and has been applied to many engineering
shape design problems. … of wavy-shaped fin array and to obtain optimal wavy-shaped fin array. …

… Moreover, the effect of variation of fin and heat exchanger parameters on the optimal design
… , fin offset length, fin height and fin length are introduced as the optimization variables to …

… A pin fin array design problem is studied in the present work using the Levenberg-Marquardt
method (LMM) and a commercial package CFD-ACE+ to estimate the optimal shape and …

… case of optimum design is always superior in respect to heat transfer rate per unit volume
and therefore, the fin shape determined from the first approach of optimization may be suitable …