Thermal management is crucial fort he efficient and reliable operation of electronic components. One of the most used methods is passive air cooling with extended surfaces. As the performance of electronic components increases, so does the heat generated by these components, making it difficult to ensure adequate cooling using convectional shapes and materials. Therefore, development in this area is focused on new materials and the design of unconventional shapes for heat transfer.
In the master's thesis, we used the software tool nTop to design different geometries of complex extended surfaces and select the most efficient one based on number analysis. We 3D printed the selected extended surface and investigated it experimentally. We compared the experimental reults with the numerical analysis and found that the selected software tool is suitable for the design of complex extended surfaces for passive cooling.
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