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Based on constructal theory, the constructs of three “volume-point” heat conduction models with three-dimensional cylindrical element and rectangular and triangular elements on microscale and nanoscale are optimized by taking minimum entransy dissipation rate as optimization objective. The optimal constructs of the three “volume-point” heat conduction models with minimum dimensionless equivalent thermal resistance are obtained. The results show that the optimal constructs of the three-dimensional cylindrical assembly based on the minimizations of dimensionless equivalent thermal resistance and dimensionless maximum thermal resistance are different, which is obviously different from the comparison between those of the corresponding two-dimensional rectangular assembly based on the minimizations of these two objectives. The optimal constructs based on rectangular and triangular elements on microscale and nanoscale when the size effect takes effect are obviously different from those when the size effect does not take effect. Because the thermal current density in the high conductivity channel of the rectangular and triangular second order assemblies are not linear with the length, the optimal constructs of these assemblies based on the minimization of entransy dissipation rate are different from those based on the minimization of maximum temperature difference. The dimensionless equivalent thermal resistance defined based on entransy dissipation rate reflects the average heat transfer performance of the construct. The studies on “volume-point” heat conduction constructal problems at three-dimensional conditions and microscale and nanoscale by taking minimum entransy dissipation rate as optimization objective extend the application range of the entransy dissipation extremum principle.
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Feng, H., Chen, L. & Sun, F. “Volume-point” heat conduction constructal optimization based on entransy dissipation rate minimization with three-dimensional cylindrical element and rectangular and triangular elements on microscale and nanoscale. Sci. China Technol. Sci. 55, 779–794 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11431-011-4690-8
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