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Thin-Film Transport, Wicks and Heat Pipes

Effective Anisotropic Properties-Based Representation of Vapor Chambers figure

Effective Anisotropic Properties-Based Representation of Vapor Chambers

Role of nanoscale roughness in the heat transfer characteristics of thin film evaporation project figure

Role of Nanoscale Roughness in the Heat Transfer Characteristics of Thin Film Evaporation

Heat Pipe Dryout and Temperature Hysteresis in Response to Transient Heat Pulses Exceeding the Capillary Limit project figure

Heat Pipe Dryout and Temperature Hysteresis in Response to Transient Heat Pulses Exceeding the Capillary Limit

The role of vapor venting and liquid feeding on the dryout limit of two-layer evaporator wicks project figure

The Role of Vapor Venting and Liquid Feeding on the Dryout Limit of Two-Layer Evaporator Wicks

Experimental Investigation of Boiling Regimes in a Capillary-Fed Two-Layer Evaporator Wick project figure

Experimental Investigation of Boiling Regimes in a Capillary-Fed Two-Layer Evaporator Wick

Area-Scalable High-Heat-Flux Dissipation At Low Thermal Resistance Using a Capillary-Fed Two-Layer Evaporator Wick project figure

Area-Scalable High-Heat-Flux Dissipation At Low Thermal Resistance Using a Capillary-Fed Two-Layer Evaporator Wick

On the Transient Thermal Response of Thin Vapor Chamber Heat Spreaders: Governing Mechanisms and Performance Relative to Metal Spreaders project figure

On the Transient Thermal Response of Thin Vapor Chamber Heat Spreaders: Governing Mechanisms and Performance Relative to Metal Spreaders

Simultaneous Wick and Fluid Selection for the Design of Minimized-Thermal-Resistance Vapor Chambers Under Different Operating Conditions
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Simultaneous Wick and Fluid Selection for the Design of Minimized-Thermal-Resistance Vapor Chambers Under Different Operating Conditions

Design of an Area-Scalable Two-Layer Evaporator Wick for High-Heat-Flux Vapor Chambers
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Design of an Area-Scalable Two-Layer Evaporator Wick for High-Heat-Flux Vapor Chambers

A Validated Time-Stepping Analytical Model for 3D Transient Vapor Chamber Transport

A Validated Time-Stepping Analytical Model for 3D Transient Vapor Chamber Transport

A Method for Thermal Performance Characterization of Ultra-Thin Vapor Chambers Cooled by Natural Convection project figure

A Method for Thermal Performance Characterization of Ultra-Thin Vapor Chambers Cooled by Natural Convection

Thin Heat Pipes for Low Power Applications project figure

Thin Heat Pipes for Low Power Applications

Numerical Modeling of 3D Vapor Chambers project figure

Numerical Modeling of 3D Vapor Chambers

Characterization of Heat Pipe Wick Fluid Transport and Thermal Performance project figure

Characterization of Heat Pipe Wick Fluid Transport and Thermal Performance

Fundamental Experimental Investigation of Thin-Film Evaporation project figure

Fundamental Experimental Investigation of Thin-Film Evaporation

Heat Transfer During Evaporation of Binary Liquids from Wick Microstructures project figure

Heat Transfer During Evaporation of Binary Liquids from Wick Microstructures

Reverse-engineered Microstructures for Optimal Thin-Films project figure

Reverse-engineered Microstructures for Optimal Thin-Films

Modeling of Flow Boiling and Thin Film Evaporation using the Material Point Method project figure

Modeling of Flow Boiling and Thin Film Evaporation using the Material Point Method

3-D Transient Models for Heat Pipes project figure

3-D Transient Models for Heat Pipes

Transport in Wick Structures project figure

Transport in Wick Structures

Theory of Thin-Film Evaporation project figure

Theory of Thin-Film Evaporation