The entransy and entransy dissipation extremum principle proposed have opened up a new
direction for the heat transfer optimization. The emergence and development of entransy …

By a porous medium we mean a material consisting of a solid matrix with an interconnected
void. We suppose that the solid matrix is either rigid (the usual situation) or it undergoes …

The emergence and development of constructal theory, which has been a new discipline
branch to research sorts of structures in nature and engineering, are reviewed. The core of …

This article addresses the main research areas identified in the call for contributions to this
special issue. With examples from published articles and books, the present article shows …

Gait is inherent to human life and hence its importance is often overlooked. But walking
remains the most basic form of transportation and almost all journeys begin and end with a …

The thermal-flow-stress coupling model of multi-chip module with uniform heat generation
under natural convection condition is established. Taking the chip aspect ratio and edge …

Based on constructal theory,“disc-to-point” heat conduction is optimized by minimizing the
entransy dissipation rate whereby a critical point is determined that distributes the high …

Based on the total volume and fin-material volume constraints, a tree-shaped assembly of
fins is optimized with entransy dissipation rate minimization, and the dimensionless mean …

T-shaped assembly of fins is optimized by adopting an analytical method and taking the
minimum mean thermal resistance in terms of entransy as optimization objective. The …

Second-law-based minimum operation cost optimization is performed based on constructal
theory for in-line cylindrical pin-fin heat sinks (PFHS). With the minimum operation cost …