Abstract: This paper reports bubble dynamics observed during pool boiling over microstructures with an asymmetric sawtooth cross section, under reduced gravity. The periodic sawtoothed ratchets etched on a silicon surface include ...

Abstract: With the growth and acceptance of liquid immersion cooling as a viable thermal management technique for high performance microelectronics, fundamental questions regarding the nature of the flow within the system will need ...

Abstract: The local surface temperature, heat flux, heat transfer coefficient, and Nusselt number were measured for an inline array of circular, normal jets of singlephase, liquid water impinging on a copper block with a common ...

Abstract: Condensation of a highly wetting fluid on a horizontal surface with asymmetric millimeter-sized ratchets and periodically located film drainage pathways (DPs) in the spanwise direction is characterized. The hypothesis to ...

Abstract: This study investigates the reliability of low melt alloys (LMAs) containing gallium (Ga), indium (In), bismuth (Bi), and tin (Sn) for the application as Thermal interface materials (TIMs). The analysis described herein ...

Abstract: Condenser performance benefits afforded by dropwise condensation have long been unattainable in steam cycle power plant condensers due to the unavailability of durable and long-lasting hydrophobic surface treatments. ...