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Hot Air Rises and Heat Sinks: Everything You Know about Cooling Electronics Is Wrong
ISBN-10:
0791800741
No. of Pages:
236
Publisher:
ASME Press
Publication date:
1998
How hot does a component get that dissipates 1 watt? Like real estate, it depends on location, location, and location. Lesson: Convection + conduction = conjugate heat transfer, a tricky problem that can baffle your intuition.
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