Reviews: Applications of optimization algorithm for microchannel and microchannel heat sink on heat transfer

G Song, H Chen, Y Zhang, J Wei, X Ma - … Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 2024 - Elsevier
With the increasing demand for microchannel thermal management technology, a large
number of researchers devote their energies to the optimization of microchannel. However …

A critical review on geometric improvements for heat transfer augmentation of microchannels

H Yu, T Li, X Zeng, T He, N Mao - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
With the application of microdevices in the building engineering, aerospace industry,
electronic devices, nuclear energy, and so on, the dissipation of high heat flux has become …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-physics design of a new battery packaging for electric vehicles utilizing multifunctional composites

R Pejman, J Gorman, AR Najafi - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
A multi-physics optimization framework is presented to design a new battery packaging for
electric vehicles (EV). This battery packaging utilizes two types of multifunctional …

CoolPINNs: A physics-informed neural network modeling of active cooling in vascular systems

NV Jagtap, MK Mudunuru, KB Nakshatrala - Applied Mathematical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Emerging technologies like hypersonic aircraft, space exploration vehicles, and batteries
avail fluid circulation in embedded microvasculatures for efficient thermal regulation …

A Microvascular‐Based Multifunctional and Reconfigurable Metamaterial

U Devi, R Pejman, ZJ Phillips, P Zhang… - Advanced Materials …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Nearly all‐natural and synthetic composites derive their characteristic attributes from a
hierarchical makeup. Engineered metamaterials exhibit properties not existing in natural …

A methodology for measuring heat transfer coefficient and self-similarity of thermal regulation in microvascular material systems

U Devi, SR Kumar, KB Nakshatrala… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Fluid transport through microvascular networks—a hallmark for homeostasis in living
systems—has transcended to engineered materials, primarily made possible because of …

Does topology optimization exist in nature?

A Dara, MVAR Bahubalendruni, AJ Mertens - National Academy Science …, 2022 - Springer
Manufacturing industries are aiming to reduce weight of the products at uncompromised
structural performance. Topology optimization is a reliable technique to achieve the …

[HTML][HTML] Fully decoupling geometry from discretization in the Bloch–Floquet finite element analysis of phononic crystals

SJ van den Boom, F van Keulen, AM Aragón - Computer Methods in …, 2021 - Elsevier
An immersed enriched finite element method is proposed for the analysis of phononic
crystals (PnCs) with finite element (FE) meshes that are completely decoupled from …

Configuration-independent thermal invariants under flow reversal in thin vascular systems

KB Nakshatrala, K Adhikari, SR Kumar, JF Patrick - PNAS nexus, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Modulating temperature fields is indispensable for advancing modern technologies: space
probes, electronic packing, and implantable medical devices, to name a few. Bio-inspired …

How to design a blockage-tolerant cooling network?

R Pejman, E Maghami, AR Najafi - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Nature-inspired microvascular composites rely on microchannel networks to enable a
variety of multifunctionality including self-healing and active cooling. However, the small size …