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The city of future: biourbanism and constructural law [PDF]
, 2016 Nowadays dynamic elements in urban fabric are often concealed by the insertion of stylish new architecture; real patterns of social life (‘bios’), have been replaced by rigid geometric grids and compact building blocks.
Caperna, Antonio, Tracada, Eleni
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Constructal design of tree-shaped microchannel disc heat sink with wavy walls
Zhongguo Jianchuan Yanjiu, 2023 ObjectiveTo meet the efficient thermal management needs of electronic devices such as ships and underwater vehicles, this study focuses on the constructal design of a tree-shaped microchannel disc heat sink with wavy walls.
Jingyao HUANG +4 more
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On the Svelteness as an Engineering Tool in Constructal Design: A Critical Review
Applied Sciences, 2022 The application of Constructal theory to the flow design in engineering applications connects the channels’ architecture with their freedom to morph.
Miguel R. Clemente, Miguel R. O. Panão
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Constructal theory of global circulation and climate [PDF]
, 2006 The constructal law states that every flow system evolves in time so that it develops the flow architecture that maximizes flow access under the constraints posed to the flow.
Bejan, A, Reis, A. Heitor
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Biophilic urban developments following dynamic flows of tree-shaped architectures [PDF]
, 2015 Latest theories and practices in Biophilic designs of the urban space regard the urban fabric as being composed of several interrelated layers of energetic structure influencing each other in a non-linear manner primarily.
Tracada, Eleni
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Zhongguo Jianchuan Yanjiu, 2023 ObjectivesThis study seeks to improve the thermal management technology of electronic devices through constructal optimization design. MethodsFirst, the 3D flow and heat transfer numerical model of a hybrid microchannel heat sink is established, and the ...
Zhuoqun LU +5 more
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“Constructal Theory: From Engineering to Physics, and How Flow Systems Develop Shape and Structure” [PDF]
, 2006 Constructal theory and its applications to various fields ranging from engineering to natural living and inanimate systems, and to social organization and economics, are reviewed in this paper.
Reis, A. Heitor
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Constructal Theory and Aeroelastic Design of Flexible Flying Wing Aircraft
Aerospace, 2017 The aeroelastic behavior of high-aspect-ratio very flexible flying wing is highly affected by the geometric nonlinearities of the aircraft structure. This paper reviews the findings on how these nonlinearities influence the structural and flight dynamics,
Pezhman Mardanpour, Siavash Rastkar
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Multi-Objective Constructal Optimization for Marine Condensers
Energies, 2021 A marine condenser with exhausted steam as the working fluid is researched in this paper. Constructal designs of the condenser are numerically conducted based on single and multi-objective optimizations, respectively. In the single objective optimization,
Huijun Feng +4 more
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Constructal Theory: A Tool for Ergonomics [PDF]
, 2015 Constructal theory proposes to see living bodies as machines that are subjected to constraints, which are constructed with a goal, an objective, which is to obtain maximum efficiency.
Reis, A. Heitor
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