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Instructors:

Professor Adrian Bejan

Duke University - USA

Professor Sylvie Lorente

University of Toulouse - France

Local AdvisorDr. Mokhtar AwangUniversiti Teknologi PETRONASMalaysiamokhtar_awang@petronas.com.my

Design with Constructal Theory

ADVANCED COURSE IN:

A B O U T T H E C O U R S E

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Design with Constructal Theory (DCT) offers a

revolutionary new approach based on physics for

understanding and predicting the designs that

we find in nature and engineering, from the

design of flying animals and machines to the

cooling of electronics, urban design,

decontamination, vascular smart materials with

new functionalities (self-healing, self-cooling),

tree-shaped heat exchangers and svelte fluid-

flow and solid structures.

This course shows how you can use constructal

theory to design human-made systems in order

to reduce trial and error and increase the system

performance. First developed in the late 1990s,

the Constructal Law holds that flow design

(configuration, architecture) arises from the

natural evolutionary tendency to generate

greater flow access in time and in flow

configurations that are free to morph. It unites

flow systems with solid mechanical structures,

which are viewed as systems for the flow of

stresses.

The DCT course focuses on the principle-based

pursuit of better performance via better

configuration, in time. The course teaches the

strong connection between the thermodynamic

performance and the evolution of the

configuration of the system. Key applications of

this linkage are the energy design of aircraft

structures, electronic packages, urban design,

sustainability and globalization.

TEXT AND NOTES

The course is based on the new textbook

Design with Constructal Theory, by A. Bejan

and S. Lorente, published by Wiley, 2008,

ISBN 978-0-471-99816-7.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This short course is highly recommended for

researchers and designers of all disciplines in

science and engineering. The course

emphasizes fundamentals and concepts. The

teaching is based on geometric thinking,

pencil and paper, the simplest mathematics

possible, and problem solving in the

classroom. Class participation and problem

solving topics from the audience are

encouraged. The course provides the

foundations for pursuing “design as science”.

I R O N I X C O N T I N U I N G E D U C A T I O N

C O U R S E C O N T E N T S

DAY ONE:

CONSTRUCTAL LAW

Internal and external losses

Fluid flow, Heat Transfer

Flying: animals and machines

THERMODYNAMIC LOSSES, AND HOW TO

DECREASE THEM BY CHANGING THE DESIGN

(CONFIGURATION)

Thermodynamics review

Entropy generation minimization

Irreversibilities: fluid flow and heat transfer

SIMPLE FLOW DESIGNS:

Duct cross-sections

Internal spacings

Multiscale configurations

TREE DESIGNS FOR FLUID FLOW AND HEAT

TRANSFER

Optimal proportions and sizes

Minimal length trees

Loops, Robustness

Strategies for faster design

Conduction inserts

DAY TWO :

MULTI-OBJECTIVE CONFIGURATIONS

Convection vasculatures

Dendritic heat exchangers

Dendritic distribution & collection

VASCULAR SMART STRUCTURES

Self-healing architectures

Self-cooling, steady and transient

Thermal control

CONFIGURATIONS FOR ELECTROKINETIC MASS

TRANSFER

Scale analysis of species transfer

Migration through a porous medium

Optimization in time

Optimization in space

DAY THREE:

CONFIGURATIONS FOR THE FLOW OF STRESSES

Mechanical strength and thermal resistance

Resistance to heat attack

Quasi-uniform distribution of stresses

Vegetation design

DISTRIBUTED ENERGY SYSTEMS

Two ways to flow are better than one

Few large and many small, combined

Scaling up, because the effect of size

on configuration is known

The evolution of technology

I R O N I X C O N T I N U I N G E D U C A T I O N

A B O U T T H E I N S T R U C T O R S

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTORS

Adrian Bejan received all of his degrees (BS, 1971; MS, 1972; PhD, 1975) in

mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has held

the J. A. Jones distinguished professorship at Duke University since 1989. His work

covers thermodynamics, convective heat transfer, porous media, and constructal

theory of design in nature. He developed the methods of entropy generation

minimization, scale analysis, heatlines and masslines, intersection of asymptotes, and

the constructal law. Professor Bejan is ranked among the 100 most cited authors in

engineering, al disciplines all countries. He received the Max Jakob Memorial Award

and 16 honorary doctorates from universities in 11 countries.

Sylvie Lorente received all her degrees in civil engineering (BS, 1992; MS, 1992; PhD,

1996) from the National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA), Toulouse. She is

Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Toulouse, INSA, and is affiliated with

the Laboratory of Durability of Materials and Constructions, LMDC. Her work covers

several fields, including heat transfer in building structures, fluid mechanics, and

transport mechanisms in cement based materials. She is the author of 90 peer-

refereed articles and three books. Sylvie Lorente received the 2004 Edward F. Obert

Award and the 2005 Bergles-Rohsenow Young Investigator Award in Heat Transfer

from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

I R O N I X C O N T I N U I N G E D U C A T I O N

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