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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Montreal, Canada
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Well, I was wondering if anyone knows of any software to aid in the design of heatsinks, simulations maybe. I recently found out at my fathers work there a machine that will cut metal with pressurised water, so I'll be using this to make my heatsinks
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: UK
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There is a useful, on-line calculator here:
http://www.mhtl.uwaterloo.ca/cgi-bin/rect_hs and Rod Elliott has a simple spreadsheet calculator at the ESP Audio Pages. Geoff |
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Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Columbia, SC
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Free heatsinks?
Let's see...you're in Quebec...and that's about, what, ten or twelve hours drive from here...look for me early tomorrow morning. Grey |
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Unless you're going to design something that's totally different, why not go to one of the heatsink manufacturer's websites and use one of their designs as a reference point?
Most of the sites also have heatsink calculators.... Search under heatsinks for the various vendors... There's lots of stuff on this topic... Good luck, Steve |
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Montreal, Canada
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Apogee, that's a great idea. And no I won't be going all facy on it, I just want the chunk of metal to cool, I really don't care what it looks like...
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: California
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The 4/78 issue of Audo Amateur has a very useful article on the subject. If you could dig up a copy, you would be gold. It is only 3 pages, but tells you almost everything you need to know.
This is the same issue that has the Pass A40 class A amplifier. AudioXpress no longer lists this year available on thier back issues page. The math is no more complicated than a series/parallel resistor problem. Wakefeild Heatsink Company used to put a good primer in thier catalog. Do not be intimidated. Aud_Mot |
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