TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of conjugate heat transfer on MEMS-based thermal shear stress sensor
AU - Chao, Jianghui
AU - Shyy, Wei
AU - Thakur, Siddharth S.
AU - Sheplak, Mark
AU - Mei, Renwei
PY - 2005/8
Y1 - 2005/8
N2 - The effect of conjugate heat transfer resulting from a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)-based thermal shear stress is investigated. Due to the length-scale disparity and large solid-fluid thermal conductivity ratio, a two-level computation is used to examine the relevant physical mechanisms and their influences on wall shear stress. The substantial variations in transport properties between the fluid and solid phases and their interplay with regard to heat transfer and near-wall fluid flow structures are investigated. It is demonstrated that for state-of-the-art sensor design, the buoyancy effect can noticeably affect the accuracy of the shear stress measurement.
AB - The effect of conjugate heat transfer resulting from a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)-based thermal shear stress is investigated. Due to the length-scale disparity and large solid-fluid thermal conductivity ratio, a two-level computation is used to examine the relevant physical mechanisms and their influences on wall shear stress. The substantial variations in transport properties between the fluid and solid phases and their interplay with regard to heat transfer and near-wall fluid flow structures are investigated. It is demonstrated that for state-of-the-art sensor design, the buoyancy effect can noticeably affect the accuracy of the shear stress measurement.
UR - https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000231045500001
U2 - 10.1080/10407780590948927
DO - 10.1080/10407780590948927
M3 - Journal Article
SN - 1040-7782
VL - 48
SP - 197
EP - 217
JO - Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications
JF - Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications
IS - 3
ER -
