The constructal law and the evolution of design in nature

A Bejan, S Lorente - Physics of life Reviews, 2011 - Elsevier
The constructal law accounts for the universal phenomenon of generation and evolution of
design (configuration, shape, structure, pattern, rhythm). This phenomenon is observed …

Progress of constructal theory in China over the past decade

L Chen, H Feng, Z Xie, F Sun - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2019 - Elsevier
Constructal theory has been widely used in performance optimizations of various problems.
Among these problems, engineering problem is a hot topic for constructal theory. The …

[图书][B] Design with constructal theory

A Bejan, S Lorente - 2008 - books.google.com
Design course on the universal principle of configurations in nature and engineering-the
constructal law Design with Constructal Theory offers a revolutionary new approach based …

Constructal law of design and evolution: Physics, biology, technology, and society

A Bejan, S Lorente - Journal of Applied Physics, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
This is a review of the theoretical and applied progress made based on the Constructal law
of design and evolution in nature, with emphasis on the last decade. The Constructal law is …

Progress in study on constructal theory and its applications

LG Chen - Science China Technological Sciences, 2012 - Springer
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 …

The constructal law of design and evolution in nature

A Bejan, S Lorente - … Transactions of the Royal Society B …, 2010 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Constructal theory is the view that (i) the generation of images of design (pattern, rhythm) in
nature is a phenomenon of physics and (ii) this phenomenon is covered by a principle (the …

An overview of the magnetic field effect on heat transfer and entropy generation in cavities: Application of the second law of thermodynamics and artificial intelligence

M Bayareh, M Baghoolizadeh - … Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 2024 - Elsevier
The presence of magnetic field results in a reduction in natural convective heat transfer and
entropy generation in cavities. The use of nanofluids improves the performance of thermal …

CFD study of liquid-cooled heat sinks with microchannel flow field configurations for electronics, fuel cells, and concentrated solar cells

B Ramos-Alvarado, P Li, H Liu… - Applied Thermal …, 2011 - Elsevier
A study of the heat transfer performance of liquid-cooled heat sinks with conventional and
novel micro-channel flow field configurations for application in electronic devices, fuel cells …

Transport phenomena and properties in treelike networks

P Xu, AP Sasmito, B Yu… - Applied …, 2016 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Treelike structures abound in natural as well as man-made transport systems, which have
fascinated multidisciplinary researchers to study the transport phenomena and properties …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution in thermodynamics

A Bejan - Applied Physics Reviews, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
This review covers two aspects of “evolution” in thermodynamics. First, with the constructal
law, thermodynamics is becoming the domain of physics that accounts for the phenomenon …