NSF Org:	OISE Office of International Science and Engineering
Recipient:	CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
Initial Amendment Date:	July 15, 1992
Latest Amendment Date:	July 15, 1992
Award Number:	9123807
Award Instrument:	Standard Grant
Program Manager:	Christine French OISE  Office of International Science and Engineering O/D  Office Of The Director
Start Date:	July 15, 1992
End Date:	December 31, 1995 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$12,750.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$12,750.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 1992 = $12,750.00
History of Investigator:	Cristina Amon (Principal Investigator) camon@cmu.edu
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	Carnegie-Mellon University 5000 FORBES AVE PITTSBURGH PA  US  15213-3815 (412)268-8746
Sponsor Congressional District:	12
Primary Place of Performance:	DATA NOT AVAILABLE
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):	U3NKNFLNQ613
Parent UEI:	U3NKNFLNQ613
NSF Program(s):	GERMANY (F.R.G.)
Primary Program Source:
Program Reference Code(s):	1406
Program Element Code(s):	593600
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.079

ABSTRACT

This award supports Professor Cristina Amon of Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) to collaborate in mechanical engineering research with Professor F. Mayinger of the Institute for Thermodynamics of the Technical University of Munich, Germany. The objective of their research is to quantify and gain a better understanding of the physics of heat transfer enhancement in supercritical, self-sustained, oscillatory flows, such as those found in compact heat exchangers for cooling electronic systems. The numerical and analytical part of their joint research will be developed at CMU under the direction of Professor Amon. The experimental part of the research will be conducted at the Technical University of Munich by Professor Mayinger and others, using real-time holographic interferometry and high-speed cinematography. Heat transfer plays an important role in the reliability and efficiency of a great many mechanical and electronic systems. Optimizing such transfer is being given more and more attention in the design of systems needing compact heat exchange surfaces. These include many applications in energy-related devices, electronic cooling, cryogenics and aerospace applications. The proposed cooperative research will develop and validate a mathematical model of heat transfer enhancement.

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