Microscale Energy Transport
A great deal of research in heat transfer is devoted to understanding energy transport at reduced scales. This page serves as a starting point for graduate-level content related to microscale heat transfer.
| Topic | Tool | Modules |
|---|---|---|
| General | Introduction Nomenclature Glossary | |
| Atomic structure of solids | CNT visualization | Atomic bonds |
| Vibrations is solids | AGF 1D atomic chainlinear atomic chains | 1D dispersion relations quantization and phonons statistics of phonons atomic Green's functions phonon branches and modes lattice specific heat phonon scattering phonon thermal conductivity |
| [wiki:Electronsinsolids Electrons in solids] | particle in a box | electronic structure and quatization statistics of electrons band structure electron scattering electronic specific heat and thermal conductivity |
| Transport modeling | simple interface solver | analytic Boltzmann solution for phonons interfacial transport BTE series Monte Carlo series |
| Special topics | heat flow through particle beds thermionic cooling thermal rectification |
