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This paper employs theoretical approach to determine the adequate design parameters of an arrayed plate-fins heat sink based on maximizing heat flow. According to analyzed results, increasing the dimensions of configurative parameters does not always yield the significant increase in the heat flow. As the fin length and fin space increases until a critical value, the heat flow will significantly reduce the increment or decay, respectively.
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Lin, SJ., Chen, YJ. Theoretical determination of design parameters for an arrayed heat sink with vertical plate fins. Heat Mass Transfer 52, 1051–1060 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00231-015-1624-1
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