Multi-Objective Constructal Design for Quadrilateral Heat Generation Body with Vein-Shaped High Thermal Conductivity Channel [PDF]
Entropy, 2022 Based on the quadrilateral heat generation body (HGB) proposed by previous literature, the multi-objective constructal design is performed. Firstly, the constructal design is performed by minimizing the complex function composed of the maximum ...
Hongwei Zhu +4 more
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Design and bio-inspired optimization of direct contact membrane distillation for desalination based on constructal law [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2020 At the present study, a one-dimensional model for the flat sheet direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) for desalination purposes is proposed.
Amir H. Keshavarzzadeh
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Constructal Optimizations for Heat and Mass Transfers Based on the Entransy Dissipation Extremum Principle, Performed at the Naval University of Engineering; a Review [PDF]
Entropy, 2018 Combining entransy theory with constructal theory, this mini-review paper summarizes the constructal optimization work of heat conduction, convective heat transfer, and mass transfer problems during the authors’ working time in the Naval University of ...
Lingen Chen, Qinghua Xiao, Huijun Feng
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Hierarchical Modeling of the Liver Vascular System [PDF]
Frontiers in Physiology, 2021 The liver plays a key role in the metabolic homeostasis of the whole organism. To carry out its functions, it is endowed with a peculiar circulatory system, made of three main dendritic flow structures and lobules.
Aimee M. Torres Rojas +3 more
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Performance Optimization of a Condenser in Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) System Based on Constructal Theory and a Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm [PDF]
Entropy, 2020 Constructal optimization of a plate condenser with fixed heat transfer rate and effective volume in ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) system is performed based on constructal theory.
Zhixiang Wu +3 more
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Constructal Optimization for Cooling a Non-Uniform Heat Generating Radial-Pattern Disc by Conduction [PDF]
Entropy, 2018 A heat conduction model in a radial-pattern disc by considering non-uniform heat generation (NUHG) is established in this paper. A series of high conductivity channels (HCCs) are attached on the rim of the disc and extended to its center.
Jiang You +3 more
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Optimal Branching Structure of Fluidic Networks with Permeable Walls. [PDF]
Biomed Res Int, 2017 Biological and engineering studies of Hess-Murray’s law are focused on assemblies of tubes with impermeable walls. Blood vessels and airways have permeable walls to allow the exchange of fluid and other dissolved substances with tissues.
Pepe VR, Rocha LAO, Miguel AF.
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Applicability Evidence of Constructal Design in Structural Engineering: Case Study of Biaxial Elasto-Plastic Buckling of Square Steel Plates with Elliptical Cutout [PDF]
Journal of Applied and Computational Mechanics, 2021 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 systems.
Thiago da Silveira +6 more
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Constructal Design of an Idealize Arterial Bypass Graft: Effect of the Bypass Attachment Pointon Resistance to Flow [PDF]
Journal of Applied and Computational Mechanics, 2021 This paper aims to investigate, through the 3D numerical analysis of an idealized arterial bypass graft, the dependence of the resistance to flow on the bypass insertion point.
Andrea Natale Impiombato +3 more
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Climate change, in the framework of the Constructal Law [PDF]
, 2011 Here we present a simple and transparent alternative to the complex models of earth’s thermal behaviour under time-changing conditions. We show the one-to-one relationship between changes in atmospheric properties and time-dependent changes in ...
Bejan, Adrian +3 more
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