Title :
The application of a computational fluid dynamics program, `FloTHERM´, to electronic thermal analysis
Author :
Reynell, Michael J W
Author_Institution :
Flomerics Ltd., Kingston-upon-Thames, UK
Abstract :
FloTHERM is a new CFD software system aimed at providing a design tool which can readily be applied to electronics thermal problems by users without special CFD knowledge or expertise. It makes use of well-established CFD solution techniques, packaged in a flexible and user-friendly software environment. Relevant features of FloTHERM include: fully-conservative finite-volume formulation of the equations of conservation of mass, momentum and thermal energy; application to natural-convection, forced- or mixed-convection problems; efficient, implicit handling of conjugate heat transfer, enabling heat conduction in solid items to be analysed simultaneously with flow and heat transfer in the cooling fluid; solution options for 2D or 3D problems; steady state and transient solution options; and automatic disc storage allocation
Keywords :
circuit CAD; fluid dynamics; physics computing; thermal analysis; 2D; 3D problems; CFD knowledge; CFD software system; CFD solution techniques; automatic disc storage allocation; computational fluid dynamics program; conjugate heat transfer; cooling fluid; design tool; electronic thermal analysis; electronics thermal problems; finite-volume formulation; heat conduction; mass; mixed-convection problems; momentum; natural-convection; solid items; steady state; thermal energy; transient solution options; user-friendly software environment;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Aided Design Tools for Thermal Management, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
London
