Progress in study on constructal theory and its applications

The emergence and development of constructal theory, which has been a new discipline branch to research sorts of structures in nature and engineering, are reviewed. The core of the constructal theory is that various shapes and structures of the matters in nature are generated from the tendency to ob...

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Published inScience China. Technological sciences Vol. 55; no. 3; pp. 802 - 820
Main Author Chen, LinGen
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Heidelberg SP Science China Press 01.03.2012
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China
Construction
Electricity
Engineering
Fluid dynamics
Fluid flow
Fluids
Magnetism
Optimization
学科分支
工程结构
应用
构形理论
生命系统
自然界
‘volume-point’ model
constructal theory
fluid flow
generalized thermodynamic optimization
heat and mass transfer
heat transfer
transport engineering
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Summary:The emergence and development of constructal theory, which has been a new discipline branch to research sorts of structures in nature and engineering, are reviewed. The core of the constructal theory is that various shapes and structures of the matters in nature are generated from the tendency to obtain optimal performance. Constructal theory and its application are summarized, from disciplines such as heat, mechanism, fluid flow, electricity, magnetism and chemistry, to life and non-life systems in nature.
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The emergence and development of constructal theory, which has been a new discipline branch to research sorts of structures in nature and engineering, are reviewed. The core of the constructal theory is that various shapes and structures of the matters in nature are generated from the tendency to obtain optimal performance. Constructal theory and its application are summarized, from disciplines such as heat, mechanism, fluid flow, electricity, magnetism and chemistry, to life and non-life systems in nature.
constructal theory, generalized thermodynamic optimization, ＇volume-point＇ model, heat transfer, heat and mass trans-fer, fluid flow, transport engineering
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ISSN:1674-7321
1869-1900
DOI:10.1007/s11431-011-4701-9