Table 1: Design point used for analysis

Heat Flux from Inlet

Design Point Duct Height
avionics wall Velocity
No. (m)
(W/m2) (m/s)
DP 0 0.05 7767 47
DP 1 0.04 7767 47
DP 2 0.03 7767 47
DP 3 0.02 7767 47
DP 4 0.02 5767 47
DP 5 0.02 4433 47
DP 6 0.02 3100 47
DP 7 0.02 2433 47
DP 8 0.02 2100 47
DP 9 0.02 1800 47
DP 10 0.05 7767 54
DP 11 0.05 7767 70
DP 12 0.05 7767 100
DP 13 0.05 7767 200
DP 14 0.05 7767 300
DP 15 0.05 7767 500
DP 16 0.02 7767 47
DP 17 0.02 7767 100
DP 18 0.02 7767 200
DP 19 0.02 7767 300
DP 20 0.02 7767 400
DP 21 0.02 7767 500

1. Results and Discussion

Figure 3. shows the temperature distribution for the initial design condition (DP 0) of duct height
0.05m with 130 W heat source and inlet velocity of 47m/s. The maximum temperature here is 623K
which is well above the requirement of 353 K.

Figure 1: Temperature distribution on near the avionics box