Abstract: The design of a plane-type, bidirectional thermal diode is presented. This diode is composed of two vertical plates and several fluid-filled loops with their horizontal segments soldered to the ...

Abstract: The effects of moisture on the performance of thermoelectric air conditioning systems and heat pumps equipped with a heat exchanger were studied. Coefficients of performance and fluid temperature ...

Abstract: A kinematic analysis has been developed for the motion of roller chain drives, which is exact for relatively slow-speed chain drives with negligible wear. The results shed new light on chordal ...

Abstract: An interfacial tracking method was developed to model rapid melting and resolidification of a freestanding metal film subject to an ultrashort laser pulse. The laser energy was deposited to the ...

Abstract: Moisture migration in PQFPs (plastic quad flat packages) was investigated analytically and experimentally. Coupons made of the molding compound material were exposed to humid air for an extended ...

Abstract: Powder-based additive manufacturing is an efficient and rapid manufacturing technique because it allows fabrication of complex parts that are often unobtainable by traditional manufacturing processes. ...

Abstract: This paper presents the transient stress distribution in a perfectly elastic isotropic annular fin. The nonlinear transient conduction-convection-radiation heat tranafer annular fin equation is ...

Abstract: The problem of natural convection of a non-Newtonian power-law fluid about a horizontal impermeable surface in the porous medium is considered, where the plate is assumed with a nonuniform heat ...

Abstract: The heat-transfer characteristics for free convection associated with isothermal vertical cylinder with surface mass transfer (blowing or suction) embedded in a saturated porous medium are analyzed. ...

Abstract: A steady-flow approach for finite-time thermodynamics is used to calculate the maximum thermal efficiency, its corresponding power output, adiabatic temperature ratio, and thermal-conductance ratio ...