How much do ‘U-Value’ good thermal insulation? Part VII – “Ooo, shut that door”

How much do ‘U-Value’ good thermal insulation? Part VII – “Ooo, shut that door”

Larry Grayson’s famous high camp catchphrase would be well heeded by those wanting to ensure good thermal insulation. You can make…

“A Faster Horse” – Mentor ‘IDEAS for Mechanical’ driving product development

“A Faster Horse” – Mentor ‘IDEAS for Mechanical’ driving product development

The Mentor ‘IDEAS for Mechanical’ site allows users of FloTHERM, FloVENT, FloTHERM PCB and FloEFD to post their software enhancement requests (access…

How much do ‘U-Value’ good thermal insulation? Part VI – revenge of the radiative heat flux

How much do ‘U-Value’ good thermal insulation? Part VI – revenge of the radiative heat flux

Conduction, the transfer of heat through a solid object. Convection, the transfer of heat in moving air/fluid. Radiation, the transfer…

IC package representation is central to Electronics Cooling

IC package representation is central to Electronics Cooling

Electronics cooling involves ensuring that IC package temperatures do not exceed maximum rated values. If they do the probability of thermo-mechanical…

How much do ‘U-Value’ good thermal insulation? Part V

How much do ‘U-Value’ good thermal insulation? Part V

Why is it that when you increase a cavity air gap size beyond ~30mm is there no subsequent detrimental affect…

How much do ‘U-Value’ good thermal insulation? Part IV

How much do ‘U-Value’ good thermal insulation? Part IV

100mm block, 50mm insulation, 50mm cavity air gap then 100mm block make up an external wall that in theory comply…

FloVIZ, the free FloTHERM/FloVENT CFD results viewer, try it, it’s free

FloVIZ, the free FloTHERM/FloVENT CFD results viewer, try it, it’s free

Computational Fluid Dynamics, CFD, is a simulation technology that provides 3D predictions of fluid flow and heat transfer for a…

‘Heat Trees’ – taking a leaf out of natures book

‘Heat Trees’ – taking a leaf out of natures book

Heatsinks aren’t a novel energy efficient type of washing bowl, they are parts that are placed on high powered IC…

The Most Extreme CFD Model Ever Ever – Explained

The Most Extreme CFD Model Ever Ever – Explained

The ability of FloTHERM to resolve a massive disparity in geometric length scale in a single model is for me…