| Titre : | The effect of Reynolds number on microaxial flow fan performance (2009) |
| Auteurs : | David Quin, Auteur ; Ronan Grimes, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article : texte imprimé |
| Dans : | Transactions of the ASME . Journal of fluids engineering (Vol. 130 N° 10, Octobre 2008) |
| Article en page(s) : | 10 p. |
| Note générale : | Fluids engineering |
| Langues : | Anglais |
| Tags : | Microscale axial flow ; Reynolds number |
| Résumé : | Microscale axial flow fans were investigated in response to the growing cooling requirements of the electronics industry. The two main challenges of this investigation were manufacture of a fully functional fan at the microscale, and performance reduction due to Reynolds number effect. Manufacture of a fully functional axial microfan complete with three-dimensional blade geometry was proven possible using microelectrodischarge machining techniques. Experimental performance measurements proved that Reynolds number effect was not prohibitive at the microscale, and dimensional analysis thereof derived a novel linear scaling method, which quickly and accurately predicted the Reynolds number effect at any fan scale. |
| En ligne : | http://fluidsengineering.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/issue.aspx?journalid=122&issueid=27341 |
