Vol 34, Special Issue 1, January 2016

Constructal thermodynamics

S1-S8

Adrian Bejan

DOI: 10.18280/ijht.34S101

Numerical evaluation of the effect of type and shape of perforations on the buckling of thin steel plates by means of the constructal design method

S9-S20

Giulio Lorenzini, Daniel Helbig, Caio Cesar Cardoso da Silva, Mauro de Vasconcellos Real, Elizaldo Domingues dos Santos, Liércio André Isoldi and Luiz Alberto Oliveira Rocha

DOI: 10.18280/ijht.34S102

On the generalized concept of entropy for physical, extra-physical and chemical processes

S21-S28

Giovanni Nicoletti, Natale Arcuri, Roberto Bruno and Gerardo Nicoletti

DOI: 10.18280/ijht.34S103

Global channels of successful immigrant entrepreneurs illustrate the constructal law

S29-S36

Helene Cara Chester

DOI: 10.18280/ijht.34S104

Constructal structures with and without high-conductivity inserts for self-cooling

S37-S42

Erdal Cetkin

DOI: 10.18280/ijht.34S105

Molten salt flow and heat transfer in paddle heat exchangers

S43-S50

Kai Zhang, Jiangyong Du, Xinzhi Liu and Houlei Zhang

DOI: 10.18280/ijht.34S106

Design and flow in basketball

S51-S58

Juan Manuel Martín González, Yves de Saá Guerra, Juan Manuel García-Manso and Enrique Arriaza

DOI: 10.18280/ijht.34S107

The expanding of constructal law in economics – a justification for crossed flows of similar macro goods

S59-S74

Vasile Dogaru

DOI: 10.18280/ijht.34S108

Universal patterns and constructal law in open flow networks

S75-S82

Jiang Zhang, Xiaodan Lou and Liangzhu Guo

DOI: 10.18280/ijht.34S109

Thermodynamic optimization of three-thermal irreversible systems

S83-S90

Niccolo Giannetti, Andrea Rocchetti and Kiyoshi Saito

DOI: 10.18280/ijht.34S110

On realizable convection patterns in a saturated porous square section

S91-S94

Shigeo Kimura, Naotaka Ishikawa and Nobuyoshi Komatsu

DOI: 10.18280/ijht.34S111

Irreversibility in river flow

S95-S100

Umberto Lucia, Patrizia Buzzi and Giuseppe Grazzini

DOI: 10.18280/ijht.34S112

Geometrical evaluation of a resin infusion process by means of constructal design

S101-S108

Glaucileia M. C. Magalhães, Giulio Lorenzini, Maurício G. Nardi, Sandro C. Amico, Liércio A. Isoldi, Luiz A. O. Rocha, Jeferson A. Souza and Elizaldo D. dos Santos

DOI: 10.18280/ijht.34S113

Constructal design of the mixing zone inside a supersonic ejector

S109-S118

Giuseppe Grazzini, Federico Mazzelli and Adriano Milazzo

DOI: 10.18280/ijht.34S114

Shape and structure optimization of a magnetostrictive cored actuator

S119-S124

Alexandru M. Morega, Marius Popac, Mihaela Morega and Lucian Pîslaru-Dănescu

DOI: 10.18280/ijht.34S115

Constructal alkaline membrane fuel cell (AMFC) design

S125-S132

E. M. Sommer, J. V. C. Vargas, L. S. Martins and J. C. Ordonez

DOI: 10.18280/ijht.34S116

Corporate financial risk analysis according to the constructal law: exploring the composition of liabilities to assets

S133-S140

Antoinette Rehwinkel

DOI: 10.18280/ijht.34S117

Constructal law & thermoeconomics

S141-S146

Mauro Reini

DOI: 10.18280/ijht.34S118

Ad-hoc principles of “minimum energy expenditure” as corollaries of the constructal law The cases of river basins and human vascular systems

S147-S150

A. Heitor Reis

DOI: 10.18280/ijht.34S119

Optimization of continuous mixed-flow grain dryers by constructal theory

S151-S160

George Stanescu and Marcelo Risso

DOI: 10.18280/ijht.34Sp0120

Biophilic urban developments following dynamic flows of tree-shaped architectures

S161-S166

Eleni Tracada

DOI: 10.18280/ijht.34S121

Constructal design of single microchannel heat sink with varying axial length and temperature-dependent fluid properties

S167-S172

O.O. Adewumi, T. Bello-Ochende and J.P. Meyer

DOI: 10.18280/ijht.34S122

Constructal tree-shaped designs for self-cooling

S173-S178

O. Yenigün and E. Çetkin

DOI: 10.18280/ijht.34S123

Numerical hyperthermia simulation for A 3-D triple-layered skin structure with embedded vascular countercurrent network and nanoparticles

S179-S184

Casey Orndorff and Weizhong Dai

DOI: 10.18280/ijht.34S124

Energy balance and second law analysis applied to buildings: an opportunity for Bejan’s theory

S185-S187

Cesare Biserni and Massimo Garai

DOI: 10.18280/ijht.34S125