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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 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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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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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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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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Life and evolution as physics [PDF]
Communicative & Integrative Biology, 2016 What is evolution and why does it exist in the biological, geophysical and technological realms — in short, everywhere? Why is there a time direction — a time arrow — in the changes we know are happening every moment and everywhere?
Adrian Bejan
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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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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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Is the Evolution of Energy System Productive Structures Driven by a Physical Principle?
Frontiers in Sustainability, 2021 The aim of the paper is to identify the consequence of the Constructal Principle in the field of Thermoeconomics of (energy) production systems. This Principle has been recently formulated as an extension of the Maximum Entropy Production Principle and ...
Mauro Reini, Melchiorre Casisi
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