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CFD Assignment: 3D Heat-Sink Design using ANSYS-FLUENT

1.1 Pro!em De"inition
Computer central processing units (CPUs) are becoming more compact, thus heat flux per unit
area increases dramatically. As a result, an improvement of heat sink design is necessary. t is
important to note that CPU performance is stable if the temperature of such electronic
components does not exceed a certain level. !heoretically, if this temperature reaches "##
o
C a
CPU $ill stop executing.
Figure 1. C#anne! "or testing t#e #eat-sink $er"orman%e &ANSYS-FLUENT'
%ig." sho$s a heat sink design for the application to simulate the thermal dissipation of a CPU
component (see %igure ", component A). !he $orking fluid is assumed to be incompressible air
(of three different inlet velocities& ', "#, "' ms
("
). !he heat flux contributed by the CPU is given
to be )# k*+m
,
. -ach student is expected to come out $ith their o$n designs (three designs and
one control) by adding different& (i) plate fins, (ii) pin fins, (iii) porous media, or other creative
arrangements, in order to efficiently reduce the surface temperature of the simulated CPU (not to
sacrifice too much pressure loss, P , before and after the heat sink).
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1.( Assignment )e*uirement
!he student must provide a formal $ritten report (hard copy . binding) bet$een "#(,# pages
(including tables and figures). -very of your model+solution files must be submitted through C/.
!he report should include the follo$ing information,
". Cover page [2
marks]
,. Abstract [6
marks]
0. ntroduction and ob1ectives. [10
marks]
2. 3ethodology (must include& governing e4uations and boundary conditions). [10
marks]
'. !he flo$ chart of your simulation using A5676(%8U-5!. [5
marks]
9. n the Results and Discussion,
a. *hat are the convergence criteria of the simulation: ;6
marks]
b. /iscussion $ith figures sho$ing the meshing of the geometry. [10
marks]
c. !$o(dimensional (,/) %lo$ speed and surface temperature distributions sho$ing the
different bet$een using laminar and the turbulent model. [10
marks]
d. !he comparisons bet$een smooth empty channel and your design. [10
marks]
e. !he 0/ temperature contours of your heat sink designs. [10
marks]
f. Compare the thermal efficiency of all the designs. [6
marks]
g. *hat is the best parameter to represent the result of force convection heat transfer
related problem: *hat is the best parameter to represent pressure drop in this
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investigation: [10
marks]
<. Conclusion [5
marks]
1.3 +m$ortant Notes
1. ANSYS-E!"ET#Y must $e used %or a&& t'e me('ani(a& dra)ing.
2. T'ere s'ou&d not $e t)o e*a(t&+ identi(a& designs in t'e (&ass, on(e identi%ied,
-ero mark s'a&& $e granted.
.. T'e present assignment a((ount %or 25/ o% t'e )'o&e modu&e. 0or an+ &ate
su$mission, 5/ )i&& $e dedu(ted per da+.
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