Thermal Engineering · CFD

HeatSink Optimization Suite

Parametric heatsink generation and pressure-drop analysis.

The problem it solved

Heatsink optimization studies require sweeping many parametric geometries and recomputing Δp — manual CAD/CFD is slow and error-prone. This suite turns the sweep into a database-backed, reproducible workflow that supported a peer-reviewed publication.

Similar problems it can solve

Any parametric engineering-design study (electronic-cooling, HVAC fins, microchannels), CFD-companion tooling that persists candidate geometries to a database, and reproducible-research desktop tools for thermal/fluid simulation.

A multi-project tool suite for thermal-design research: a parametric heatsink generator backed by an EF6 design database, a pressure-drop calculator for dimpled-nub geometries, and a Dimple analysis module. The scientific software behind peer-reviewed work in Thermal Science & Engineering Progress (TSEP) on heatsink optimisation.

Overview

The HeatSink Optimization Suite is the scientific tooling behind peer-reviewed thermal-engineering work in Thermal Science & Engineering Progress (TSEP). It treats heatsink design as a parametric, database-backed problem and provides solvers for the specific geometries the published study explored.

Engineering & science

A Windows desktop suite of three projects: a HeatSinkGenerator (parametric design over an EF6/SQL Server database of fin geometries), a DeltapNub pressure-drop solver for dimpled-nub configurations, and a Dimple module for the dimple variation. Together they let a researcher sweep geometries, compute Δp, and persist designs reproducibly.

Technology

WPF (.NET Framework), Entity Framework 6 with EDMX, SQL Server, and custom Δp / heatsink-geometry solvers.

WPF Entity Framework 6 SQL Server CFD TSEP Thermal Engineering