Indexed by:期刊论文

Date of Publication:2008-08-01

Journal:HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

Included Journals:SCIE、EI、Scopus

Volume:44

Issue:10

Page Number:1217-1227

ISSN No.:0947-7411

Abstract:In this paper, a new method based on topology optimization is developed to solve the volume-to-point heat conduction problem with distributed heat sources, which can construct the conducting paths by distributing high conductive materials. The closer natural tree of conducting paths is obtained by the present method when the heat source is uniform. The better heat transfer performance of the conducting paths for the volume-to-point (VP) problem can be obtained than those by the existing methods. The difference among the existing methods is discussed.