A Heat Transfer Approach Using Constructal Theory and Agent-Based Modeling

• Paola A. Avendaño FURG
• Newton N. Marube FURG
• Diana F. Adamatti FURG
• Jeferson Ávila Souza FURG

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/wesaac.2016.33202

Abstract

Most of heat transfer problems are focused on understanding how the geometries inside the solid surfaces under influence the performance of heat transfer. The present study consists of a heat transfer plate built from two types of materials and aims to find the best geometry in the plate, such that the sum of the temperatures of its elements is the smallest possible. An agent-based model developed in NetLogo tool using the constructal theory is presented. The results obtained were compared with those obtained from randomly arranging the materials and it was found that using the constructal theory it is possible to obtain optimal geometries.

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