Current trends in constructal law and evolutionary design

S Lorente, A Bejan - Heat Transfer—Asian Research, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The constructal law was postulated in 1996 as the law of physics that accounts for the
phenomenon of time evolution of configuration in all flow systems that have the freedom to …

Constructal thermodynamic optimization for dual-pressure organic Rankine cycle in waste heat utilization system

H Feng, Z Wu, L Chen, Y Ge - Energy Conversion and Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Dual-pressure organic Rankine cycle (DPORC) is a technology with great potential to solve
energy problems. This paper performs constructal thermodynamic optimization (CTO) for the …

The principle underlying all evolution, biological, geophysical, social and technological

A Bejan - … Transactions of the Royal Society A, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
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 …

Constructal design for the layout of multi-chip module based on thermal-flow-stress coupling calculation

G Nan, Z Xie, X Guan, X Ji, D Lin - Microelectronics Reliability, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

Multi-objective constructal design for square heat-generation body with “arrow-shaped” high-thermal-conductivity channel

H Zhu, L Chen, Y Ge, S Shi, H Feng - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Based on the square heat-generation body (HGB) with “arrow-shaped” high-thermal-
conductivity channel (HTCC) model established in the previous literature, we performed …

[HTML][HTML] Air quality forecasting of along-route ship emissions in realistic meteo-marine scenarios

A Orlandi, F Calastrini, M Kalikatzarakis, F Guarnieri… - Ocean …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study introduces a novel framework of metocean prediction and ship performance
models that integrate multiple layers of modeling to evaluate the environmental impact of …

Constructal design and experimental validation of a non-uniform heat generating body with rectangular cross-section and parallel circular cooling channels

J You, H Feng, L Chen, Z Xie, S Xia - … Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2020 - Elsevier
Non-uniform heat generating phenomenon is omnipresent in real electronic devices. A three-
dimensional model with non-uniform heat generation is established in this paper. Both fluid …

Applicability evidence of constructal design in structural engineering: Case study of biaxial elasto-plastic buckling of square steel plates with elliptical cutout

TD Silveira, VT Pinto, JPS Neufeld, A Pavlovic… - Journal of Applied and …, 2021 - cris.unibo.it
The application of the Constructal Design method in Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics
areas is an already consecrated approach to geometrically evaluate these flow engineering …

Equivalent thermal resistance minimization for a circular disc heat sink with reverting microchannels based on constructal theory and entransy theory

L Wang, ZH Xie, LG Chen, R Wang, HJ Feng - Science China …, 2021 - Springer
Thermal designs for microchannel heat sinks with laminar flow are conducted numerically by
combining constructal theory and entransy theory. Three types of 3-D circular disc heat sink …

Evolutionary aeroelastic design of flying-wing cross section

M Moshtaghzadeh, E Izadpanahi, A Bejan… - AIAA Journal, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
The uniform distribution of stresses in flying-wing aircraft improves the aeroelastic flight
envelope. In this paper, we document the effect of wing cross-section configuration on the …