Spreading Resistance in Layers
Thermal Vias
Natural Convection in Enclosures
Advanced Modelling of Low Reynolds Number
      Flow Heat Exchangers
Modeling Thermal Constriction Resistance
       of a Sphere - Layered Substrate in Elastic Contact
Power Electronics:TAPS
Heat Pipes
Circular Annular Fins
Plate Fins
Pin Fins
Optimization Routines
Advanced Modelling of Low Reynolds Number
Flow Heat Exchangers

Develop models for predicting the laminar flow characteristics of non-circular straight ducts.
Develop models for predicting the heat transfer and fluid friction characteristics for parallel and transverse flow through Offset Strip Fin (OSF) arrays.
Obtain experimental data for transverse flow through an offset strip fin for a wide range of geometrical parameters.
Develop models for the louvred fin and corrugated rib geoemtries.
Obtain experimental data for various ribbed duct and louvred fin configurations.

General models for predicting friction factors and Nusselt numbers for fully developed, thermally developing, and simultaneously developing flow in non-circular ducts.
General models for predicting the friction factor and Colburn factor in Offset Strip Fin arrays for parallel and transverse flow.
Models are developed by combining the asymptotic behaviour for various flow regions.
Models for each flow region are analytically based.
Models predict the thermal/hydraulic characteristics of non-circular ducts within +/- 12 percent and within +/- 20 percent for the Offset Strip Fin arrays.
Y.S. Muzychka and M.M. Yovanovich, Modeling the f and j Characteristics of the Offset Strip Fin Array, To be presented at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), November, 1999.
Y.S. Muzychka and M.M. Yovanovich, Modelling the f and j Characteristics for Transverse Flow Through an Offset Strip Fin at Low Reynolds Number, To be presented at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE) , November, 1999.
Y.S. Muzychka and M.M. Yovanovich, A Model for Predicting Apparent Friction Factors in Non-Circular Ducts for Developing Flows, Presented at the 2nd AIAA Theoretical Fluid Mechanics Meeting, Albuquerque, NM., June, 1998.
Y.S. Muzychka and M.M. Yovanovich, A Model for Predicting Nusselt Numbers for Thermally Developing Flows in Non-Circular Ducts, Presented at the 7th AIAA/ASME Joint Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference, Albuquerque, NM., June, 1998.

DANA Corporation - Long Manufacturing Division, Oakville ON.
NSERC - CRD Program, Ottawa ON.