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Isn't heat transfer very closely tied to surface area (among other things)?
by rosser 10y ago
Isn't heat transfer very closely tied to surface area (among other things)?
- highd 10y agoThat's my thinking - so this should have crazy surface area. You could make some really awesome aluminum parts. Create a dense exterior with some interior "strut" infill structure and a very porous fill and put plumbing fixtures on the ends. Super strong, lightweight parts that you can cool at crazy rates. I wonder if this would work for aerospace? IIRC cooling the components exposed to exhaust can be a big limitation.
- gumby 10y agoOh man, keeping the flow laminar over all those transfer surfaces, and of course increasing the work because of the obstructions to flow...so many fun engineering problems!!