Authors : S. Manivannan, R. Arumugam, N.M. Sudharsan and S. Prasanna Devi
Abstract: This study presents an approach for the multiple linear regressions modeling of the flat plate heat sink using Taguchi Design of Experiments method. The responses studied were electromagnetic radiation and thermal resistance of the heat sink. The heat sink is modeled using Ansoft HFSS and Flotherm software for finding the emitted radiation and thermal resistance of the heat sink respectively. Experimental investigations were performed to find the thermal resistance and emitted radiations from the heat sink and thus the simulation model was validated with the experimental results. The simulations were continued for the combinations generated by the L27 (6 factors, 3 levels) Taguchi ’s Design of Experiments using Minitab software. The factors considered for L27 are the length and width of the heat sink, Fin height, Base height, Number of fins and fin thickness. The values of responses are used to develop Meta models for the heat sink using multiple linear regression analysis. Thus the developed meta models replaces the use of the above mentioned simulation software ’s for finding out the responses by saving the modeling, simulation time and cost of simulation software.
S. Manivannan, R. Arumugam, N.M. Sudharsan and S. Prasanna Devi, 2010. Taguchi Based Linear Regression Modeling of Flat Plate Heat Sink. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 5: 36-44.