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On the Prediction of Hot Tearing in Al-to-Steel Welding by Friction Melt Bonding

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Near-junction microfluidic cooling for high power-density GaN-on-Si electronics: A wafer, device, packaging, and system-level investigation

Electrification of the energy section, from generation to end-use, plays an essential role in reducing global CO2 emission. Innovations in power electronics are required to increase conversion efficiency and power density. Gallium nitride (GaN) transistors ...

EPFL2022

Many-body Green?s function approach to lattice thermal transport

Nicola Marzari, Michele Simoncelli

Recent progress in understanding thermal transport in complex crystals has highlighted the prominent role of heat conduction mediated by interband tunneling processes, which emerge between overlapping phonon bands (i.e., with energy differences smaller tha ...

AMER PHYSICAL SOC2022

Full-scale testing of European steel beams with reduced beam section under reversed cyclic loading

Dimitrios Lignos, Hiroyuki Inamasu

Steel beams with reduced beam section (RBS) are often used as part of prequalified connections in seismic regions. However, RBS connections are not as common in Europe. Reasons relate to easiness in fabrication, which requires on-site welding, and the seis ...

Springer Nature2022

Wigner Formulation of Thermal Transport in Solids

Nicola Marzari, Michele Simoncelli

Two different heat-transport mechanisms are discussed in solids. In crystals, heat carriers propagate and scatter particlelike as described by Peierls's formulation of the Boltzmann transport equation for phonon wave packets. In glasses, instead, carriers ...

American Physical Society2022

Novel pulsating heat pipe for high density power data centres: performance and flow regime analysis

John Richard Thome, Jackson Braz Marcinichen, Raffaele Luca Amalfi, Filippo Cataldo

With the advancement of technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and 5G telecommunications, where computational rate is constantly pushing its limits, highly efficient and reliable cooling devices are starting to become an overly critical factor. Not o ...

IEEE2021

Thermal management of components for high energy physics experiments and space applications

Timothée Robert Sophus Frei

High-energy physics (HEP) experiments and space missions share a common challenge: thermal management in harsh environments. The severe constraints in both fields make cooling of electronic components a major design concern. This thesis aims to develop hig ...

EPFL2021

Thermal resistance of ventilated air-spaces behind external claddings; definitions and challenges (ASHRAE 1759-RP)

Mohammad Rahiminejad, Dolaana Khovalyg

The presence of an air-space within a building envelope is known to have a varying contribution to the overall thermal performance of the wall assembly due to the combined effect of convection and radiation in the air cavity. In particular, the thermal res ...

2021

Embedded Microchannel Cooling for Monolithically-integrated GaN Half-bridge ICs

Elison de Nazareth Matioli, Palliyage Srilak Nirmana Perera, Remco Franciscus Peter van Erp, Luca Nela

Efficient and compact power conversion is a key requirement to achieve sustainable electrification of our society. GaN-based power devices offer major benefits compared to their silicon counterparts in terms of efficiency and integration but suffer from se ...

IEEE2021

Hydrothermal interactions in energy walls

Lyesse Laloui, Alessio Ferrari, Jacopo Zannin

Energy geostructures (EGs) employ heat exchangers embedded in concrete geostructures, such as piles, walls, tunnels, and sewers. In this study, energy walls (EWs) are studied with an emphasis on the following objectives: (1) to understand the fundamentals ...

2021