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 law analysis of Cl− transport in eyes aqueous humor [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2017 Progressive loss-of-vision related to any intraocular disorder is known as glaucoma. Secretion of aqueous humor is physiologically important to provide nutrients and oxygen to the avascular anterior segment and ensuring normal visual function, even if ...
Umberto Lucia +2 more
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Constructal law of vascular trees for facilitation of flow. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Diverse tree structures such as blood vessels, branches of a tree and river basins exist in nature. The constructal law states that the evolution of flow structures in nature has a tendency to facilitate flow.
Mohammad S Razavi +3 more
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A Thermodynamic Perspective of Cancer Cells’ Volume/Area Expansion Ratio [PDF]
Membranes, 2023 The constructal law is used to improve the analysis of the resonant heat transfer in cancer cells. The result highlights the fundamental role of the volume/area ratio and its role in cancer growth and invasion. Cancer cells seek to increase their surface
Umberto Lucia +3 more
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Macroscopic irreversibility and microscopic paradox: A Constructal law analysis of atoms as open systems. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2016 The relation between macroscopic irreversibility and microscopic reversibility is a present unsolved problem. Constructal law is introduced to develop analytically the Einstein’s, Schrödinger’s, and Gibbs’ considerations on the interaction between ...
Lucia U.
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Modeling Fluid dynamics and Aerodynamics by Second Law and Bejan Number (Part 1 - Theory) [PDF]
INCAS Bulletin, 2019 Two fundamental questions are still open about the complex relation between fluid dynamics and thermodynamics. Is it possible (and convenient) to describe fluid dynamic in terms of second law based thermodynamic equations?
Michele TRANCOSSI, Jose PASCOA
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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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Colloidal particle aggregation: mechanism of assembly studied via constructal theory modeling [PDF]
Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 2021 The assembly of colloidal particles into ordered structures is of great importance to a variety of nanoscale applications where the precise control and placement of particles is essential.
Scott C. Bukosky +3 more
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Dendritic design as an archetype for growth patterns in Nature: fractal and constructal views [PDF]
Frontiers in Physics, 2014 The occurrence of configuration (design, shape, structure, rhythm) is a universal phenomenon that occurs in every flow system. Dendritic configuration (or tree-shaped configurations) is ubiquitous in nature and likely to arise in both animate and ...
Antonio F. Miguel
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Entropies in Electric Circuits [PDF]
EntropyThe present study examines the relationship between thermal and configurational entropy in two resistors in parallel and in series. The objective is to introduce entropy in electric circuit analysis by considering the impact of system geometry on energy ...
Angel Cuadras +2 more
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