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-热相互作用来加强自然对流的被动冷却，并提高工程系统的能效。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、自适应和经济的特点。提案中体现的多物理学处于该领域的前沿。预期成果包括对复杂多物理学的深入理解，以及使用柔性隔板通过自然对流强化被动冷却的设计规则。预计这项研究将为相关行业带来直接的经济效益，并为广大公众带来重大的环境和社会效益。

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.