Enabling cross-morphological performance comparison: A case study in heat management design
Cross-morphological performance comparisons in mechanical engineering design may well resemble comparisons of apples and oranges. They are meaningful only if pertinent properties shared across compared morphologies (so-called tertia comparationis) are identified, and equity with regard to these prop...
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| description | Cross-morphological performance comparisons in mechanical engineering design may well resemble comparisons of apples and oranges. They are meaningful only if pertinent properties shared across compared morphologies (so-called tertia comparationis) are identified, and equity with regard to these properties is established. This article demonstrates such an approach with the use of parametric geometry modeling, optimization, and additive manufacturing, enabling a thermal performance comparison of different heat sink morphologies, using both steady-state numerical simulation and experimental evaluation, by establishing equity across the compared heat sinks in terms of (thermal) mass. Limitations in additive manufacturing precision, as well as inconsistencies between numerical simulation and experimental evaluation results, were encountered in this case study. Likely resulting from the heat sinks’ thermal properties on the additive manufacturing process and the simulation environment’s disproportionate reliance on convection surface area, these limitations and inconsistencies will likely diminish as additive manufacturing and numerical simulation technologies improve. The cross-morphological comparison approach presented here is shown to be viable in principle and may inform decision-making in applied mechanical engineering design research and practice. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b2ca4aa679574c97a2eead36f71bafb32024-03-20T06:08:29ZengElsevierMaterials & Design0264-12752024-03-01239112826Enabling cross-morphological performance comparison: A case study in heat management designThomas Fischer0Chitraj Bissoonauth1Haowen Liang2Jiaming Bai3School of Design, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, China; Corresponding authors.School of Design, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), Suzhou, ChinaDepartment of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, ChinaDepartment of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, China; Co-corresponding authors.Cross-morphological performance comparisons in mechanical engineering design may well resemble comparisons of apples and oranges. They are meaningful only if pertinent properties shared across compared morphologies (so-called tertia comparationis) are identified, and equity with regard to these properties is established. This article demonstrates such an approach with the use of parametric geometry modeling, optimization, and additive manufacturing, enabling a thermal performance comparison of different heat sink morphologies, using both steady-state numerical simulation and experimental evaluation, by establishing equity across the compared heat sinks in terms of (thermal) mass. Limitations in additive manufacturing precision, as well as inconsistencies between numerical simulation and experimental evaluation results, were encountered in this case study. Likely resulting from the heat sinks’ thermal properties on the additive manufacturing process and the simulation environment’s disproportionate reliance on convection surface area, these limitations and inconsistencies will likely diminish as additive manufacturing and numerical simulation technologies improve. The cross-morphological comparison approach presented here is shown to be viable in principle and may inform decision-making in applied mechanical engineering design research and practice.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264127524001989Performance evaluationHeat managementAdditive manufacturingComparabilityTertium comparationis |
| spellingShingle | Thomas Fischer Chitraj Bissoonauth Haowen Liang Jiaming Bai Enabling cross-morphological performance comparison: A case study in heat management design Materials & Design Performance evaluation Heat management Additive manufacturing Comparability Tertium comparationis |
| title | Enabling cross-morphological performance comparison: A case study in heat management design |
| title_full | Enabling cross-morphological performance comparison: A case study in heat management design |
| title_fullStr | Enabling cross-morphological performance comparison: A case study in heat management design |
| title_full_unstemmed | Enabling cross-morphological performance comparison: A case study in heat management design |
| title_short | Enabling cross-morphological performance comparison: A case study in heat management design |
| title_sort | enabling cross morphological performance comparison a case study in heat management design |
| topic | Performance evaluation Heat management Additive manufacturing Comparability Tertium comparationis |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264127524001989 |
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