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Design and bio-inspired optimization of direct contact membrane distillation for desalination based on constructal law. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2020 At the present study, a one-dimensional model for the flat sheet direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) for desalination purposes is proposed.
Keshavarzzadeh AH.
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A Thermodynamic Perspective of Cancer Cells' Volume/Area Expansion Ratio. [PDF]
Membranes (Basel), 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
Lucia U +3 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.
Razavi MS +3 more
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Hierarchical Modeling of the Liver Vascular System. [PDF]
Front Physiol, 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.
Torres Rojas AM +3 more
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Constructal law analysis of Cl- transport in eyes aqueous humor. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 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 ...
Lucia U, Grisolia G, Astori MR.
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Colloidal particle aggregation: mechanism of assembly studied via constructal theory modeling. [PDF]
Beilstein J Nanotechnol, 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.
Bukosky SC, Dev S, Allen MS, Allen JW.
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Entropies in Electric Circuits. [PDF]
Entropy (Basel)The 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 ...
Cuadras A +2 more
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Numerical study on equilibrium stability of objects in fluid flow — A case study on constructal law
Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2019 Stability of objects in fluid flow is an interesting and significant subject in many fields. From thermodynamics point of view, the constructal law by Bejan et al.
Changyu Deng, Xin Qi, Yingwen Liu
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Life and evolution as physics. [PDF]
Commun Integr Biol, 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?
Bejan A.
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The constructal law of design and evolution in nature. [PDF]
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 2010 Bejan A, Lorente S.
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