Numerical simulation and a hybrid method of supersonic turbulent base heating

Detached eddy simulation(DES)model was used to better capture large vortex structure and unsteady flow feature near cone base.Good base heating results were achieved using proper grid and numerical method.The influence of inflow conditions(like Mach number,Reynolds number)and configuration(bluntness ratio of the cone)on base heating was discussed based on numerical computational results.Compared with base heat flux,base pressure can be predicted more accurately by numerical simulation and the time consuming was shorter.A hybrid method combining numerical simulation with experimental correlation was proposed to predict supersonic turbulent base heating.A review of base heating experiment and correlations for slender cone was presented,and a revised correlation was proposed based on the above simulation results.Compared with the experiment data,the maximum error was 24%,agood result for base heating prediction.This proves that the hybrid method using the revised correlation performs well in predicting supersonic turbulent base heating of slender sphere cone and can meet needs of engineering design.

Thermal Analysis of Organic Light Emitting Diodes Based on Basic Heat Transfer Theory

We investigate the thermal characteristics of standard organic light-emitting diodes （OLEDs） using a simple and clear 1D thermal model based on the basic heat transfer theory. The thermal model can accurately estimate the device temperature, which is linearly with electrical input power. The simulation results show that there is almost no temperature gradient within the OLED device working under steady state conditions. Furthermore, thermal analysis simulation results show that the surface properties （convective heat transfer coetficient and surface emissivity） of the substrate or cathode can significantly affect the temperature distribution of the OLED.

Electrocaloric devices part Ⅱ:All-solid heat pump without moving parts

Various designs have been introduced to build heat pumps using the electrocaloric effect (ECE). Each of all the curent designs usesat least one moving part, which significantly reduces the reliability of the pump and adds complexities. In this work, a new all-soliddesign is introduced, in which two layers of an electrocaloric material (ECM) are permanently sandwiched in the source and sink,which would significantly increase the device's reliability since nothing moves and all are permanently bound together. Moreimportantly, the electric fields applied on two ECM layers are independently controlled. A special sequence for the electric fields on .two ECM layers is introduced. Numerical calculation was used to simlulate the device's performance by using the newly introducedanalytical solutions for the heat conduction in the system. It is concluded that a continuous heat transformation from the source tosink at the same temperature can be achieved when the contacting cofficient, K_(ε)=√(k^(c)p^(c)c^(c)_(p))/(k^(o)p^(o)c^(o)_(p)), is very small, where k,ρ, and Cp are thermal conductivity, density, and heat capacity, respectively, while the superscript c and 0 represent the ECM andsource/sink, respectively.