The CTRC is a graduated National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center, and addresses pre-competitive, longer-term research and development issues in the area of high-performance heat removal from compact spaces. The agenda for the Center is set on a yearly basis with research projects identified through a ranking by all members. Regular updates on the work are made available to members through a restricted-access web page. The Center meets twice a year to review progress and choose upcoming projects.
One of the distinctive features of CTRC is that the research agenda is set by the members—each member has a strong input in the research directions adopted. Since members are from diverse industries, beneficial cross-industry interactions are common. A product-oriented focus is maintained. Equipment manufacturers are included amongst the participants, and this facilitates a translation of research ideas and prototypes into products.
Link to the Cooling Technologies Research Center Web site
The following collection of documents represents research from the Cooling Technologies Research Center in addition to related work published by its faculty and students.
Manuscripts from 1998
Reconstruction and Advection of a Moving Interface in Three Dimensions on a Fixed Grid, G Labiona, V Timchenko, J E. Simpson, S V. Garimella, E Leonardi, and G de Vahl Davis
Gas Dynamics and Electromagnetic Processes in High-Current Arc Plasmas - Part II: Effects of External Magnetic Fields and Gassing Materials, Lei Z. Schlitz, S V. Garimella, and S H. Chan
Gas Dynamics and Electromagnetic Processes in High-Current Arc Plasmas - Part I: Model Formulation and Steady-State Solutions, Lei Z. Schlitz, S V. Garimella, and S H. Chan
Manuscripts from 1997
Motion of Interacting Gas Bubbles in a Viscous Liquid Including Wall-Effects and Evaporation, L. Chen, S V. Garimella, J. A. Reizes, and E. Leonardi
Composite Correlations for Convective Heat Transfer from Arrays of Three-Dimensional Obstacles, Garron K. Morris and S V. Garimella
Manuscripts from 1996
Nozzle-Geometry Effects in Liquid Jet Impingement Heat Transfer, S V. Garimella and Boris Nenaydykh
Thermal Wake Downstream of a Three-Dimensional Obstacle, Garron K. Morris and S V. Garimella
Manuscripts from 1994
Nonlinear Interface Stability Analysis of Alloy Solidification Including Effects of Surface Energy, Lei Z. Schlitz and S V. Garimella
Manuscripts from 1993
A Modified Mullins-Sekerka Stability Analysis Including Surface Energy Effects, Lei Zhang and S V. Garimella
Manuscripts from 1991
Effect of Spanwise Spacing on the Heat Transfer from an Array of Protruding Elements in Forced Convection, S V. Garimella and P. A. Eibeck
Enhancement of Single Phase Convective Heat Transfer from Protruding Elements using Vortex Generators, S V. Garimella and P. A. Eibeck
Manuscripts from 1990
Heat Transfer Characteristics of an Array of Protruding Elements in Single Phase Forced Convection, S V. Garimella and P. A. Eibeck