Enhancing passive cooling using flexible baffles

该项目旨在开发一种新的被动策略，利用流体-结构-热相互作用来增强自然对流的被动冷却，提高工程系统的能源效率。与现有策略相比，新策略不需要驱动风机或泵，具有安静、可靠、自适应和经济等特点。提案中体现的多物理场处于该领域的前沿。预期的结果包括对复杂的多物理场和设计规则的先进理解，通过使用柔性挡板加强自然对流的被动冷却。研究可望为相关行业带来直接的经济效益，并为公众带来显著的环境效益和社会效益。

The project aims to develop a novel passive strategy using fluid-structure-thermal interactions to enhance passive cooling by natural convection and improve the energy efficiency of engineering systems. Comparing to the existing strategies, the new strategy does not require driving fan or pump and is quiet, reliable, self-adaptive and economical. The Multiphysics embodied in the proposal is at the leading edge of the field. Expected outcomes include advanced understanding of the complex Multiphysics and design rules for enhancing passive cooling by natural convection using flexible baffles. The research is expected to bring direct economic benefit to relevant industry and significant environmental and social benefit to the general public.