Mechanical Engineering / Makina Mühendisliği

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    Gemi Sevk Gücü ve Isı Transferinin Yapısal Gelişim Teorisi ile İlişkisi
    (TMMOB Gemi Mühendisleri Odası, 2022) Güneş, Ümit; Çetkin, Erdal; Şahin, Bahri
    Yapısal Gelişim Teorisi 1996 yılında literatüre kazandırılmış olup tabiattaki ve mühendislikteki tasarım prensiplerini açıklar. Teori, yeryüzündeki akış sistemlerini bütüncül bir şekilde ele alır. Akışın (hareketin) olmadığı yerde çoğu zaman canlılıktan bahsetmemiz dahi mümkün olmamaktadır. Akış sistemlerinin çözümünde anahtar davranış biçimi bu sistemlerin minimum dirençli yol ile hareketini sürdürmesidir. Belli bir zaman dilimi için minimum direnç ile hareket eden sistem zaman geçtikçe kendine yeni yollar (kanallar) bulmakta ya da bazı yolları hiç kullanmayarak yönünü değiştirmektedir. Yapısal Gelişim Teorisi ise hayati öneme sahip olan akış sistemlerinin fiziksel arka planını ortaya koymaktadır. Bu makalede özellikle mühendislik çözümlerinin başında gelen akış sistemlerinin yapısı (gemilerde kurulu ana makine gücü ve ısı transferi örnekleri özelinde) ve Yapısal Gelişim Teorisi’ne göre ilişkisi araştırılmıştır. Bunun için 1085 adet petrol tankeri için DWT ile bu tankerler için gerekli olan güç ilişkisi nonlineer regresyon ile analiz edilmiştir. Sonuç olarak gemilerdeki genel gelişimin ve ısı transferinin yapısal gelişim prensiplerine uygun şekilde gerçekleştiği gösterilmiştir.
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    Citation - WoS: 8
    Citation - Scopus: 9
    Experimental Investigation of Air Cooling With/Out Tab Cooling in Cell and Module Levels for Thermal Uniformity in Battery Packs
    (ASME, 2023) Göçmen, Sinan; Çetkin, Erdal
    Catastrophic effects of global warming and environmental pollution are becoming more evident each day, and reduction in fossil fuel consumption is an urgent need. Thus, electric vehicles powered by sustainable energy sources are becoming a major interest. However, there are some challenges such as safety, limited range, long charging times, and battery life which are inhibitory to the adaptation of them. One of the biggest reasons for these challenges is the relationship between battery degradation and temperature which can be eliminated if batteries can be kept at the optimum temperature range. Here, the effects of three distinct (natural convection, forced convection, and tab cooling) methodology were experimentally compared at both the cell and module levels (six serial 7.5 Ah Kokam pouch cells, 1P6S) for thermal management of lithium-ion cells. The experiments were conducted at a discharge rate of 3C with ambient temperatures of 24 ◦C and 29 ◦C. The cell-level test results show that the tab cooling yields 32.5% better thermal uniformity in comparison to the other techniques. Furthermore, tab cooling yields better temperature uniformity with and without air convection as the hot spots occurring near the tabs is eliminated. For the module level, the forced air convection method stands out as the best option with a 4.3% temperature deviation between cells and maximum cell temperature of 39 ◦C. Overall, the results show that a hybrid approach with tab cooling would be beneficial in terms of temperature homogeneity especially in high capacity electric vehicle battery cells.
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    Circular and Semi-Circular Constructal Vascular Channels for Cooling and Reduced Stresses
    (Publishing Romanian Academy-Editura Academiei Romane, 2017) Çetkin, Erdal
    In this paper, we show how the vascular channel configuration and its shape affect the mechanical strength which is simultaneously subjected to heating and mechanical load. The effect of channel cross-section on the coolant mass flow rate, peak temperature and peak stresses are documented. The material properties were defined as functions of temperature in simulations. The results show that the flow of stresses and fluid is minimum with the circular channels and the resistance to the heat flow is the smallest with semi-circular channels. In addition, morphing the vascular design provides almost the smallest resistance to the heat flow with circular channels (0.3% difference in the peak temperature). This shows that even the convective resistances are the smallest with circular-cross section, overall thermal resistance is smaller in semi-circular design for the fixed fluid volume. The peak stress is smaller with semi-circular channels than the circular ones if the pressure drop is less than 500 Pa for the radial design. However, the peak stress is smaller with hybrid design than the semi-circular radial designs for the entire pressure drop range. In addition, the effects of mechanical load, heating rate and reference temperature on the stress distribution are also documented. Furthermore, the thermal and mechanical stresses are also documented separately, and then compared with the coupled solution cases. The chief result of this paper is that for a coupled system minimizing only one of the resistance terms is not sufficient, all the resistances considered simultaneously in order to uncover the best performing design. In addition, the results show that the designs should be free to vary, the unexpected designs can be the best performing designs for the given parameters and constraints. Therefore, the design parameters based on the experience does not always yield the best performing designs as the objectives and constraints vary. This result is in accord with the constructal law.
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    Citation - WoS: 10
    Citation - Scopus: 10
    Constructal Microdevice Manifold Design With Uniform Flow Rate Distribution by Consideration of the Tree-Branching Rule of Leonardo Da Vinci and Hess-Murray Rule
    (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers(ASME), 2017) Çetkin, Erdal
    In this paper, we show how the design of a microdevice manifold should be tapered for uniform flow rate distribution. The designs based on the tree-branching rule of Leonardo da Vinci and the Hess-Murray rule were considered in addition to the constructal design. Both da Vinci and Hess-Murray designs are insensitive to the inlet velocity, and they provide better flow uniformity than the base (not tapered) design. However, the results of this paper uncover that not only pressure drop but also velocity distribution in the microdevice play an integral role in the flow uniformity. Therefore, an iterative approach was adopted with five degrees-of-freedom (inclined wall positions) and one constraint (constant distribution channel thickness) in order to uncover the constructal design which conforms the uniform flow rate distribution. In addition, the effect of slenderness of the microchannels (Svelteness) and inlet velocity on the flow rate distribution to the microchannels has been documented. This paper also uncovers that the design of a manifold should be designed with not only the consideration of pressure distribution but also dynamic pressure distribution especially for non-Svelte microdevices.
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    Citation - WoS: 13
    Citation - Scopus: 15
    Constructal Vascular Structures With High-Conductivity Inserts for Self-Cooling
    (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers(ASME), 2015) Çetkin, Erdal
    In this paper, we show how a heat-generating domain can be cooled with embedded cooling channels and high-conductivity inserts. The volume of cooling channels and high-conductivity inserts is fixed, so is the volume of the heat-generating domain. The maximum temperature in the domain decreases with high-conductivity inserts even though the coolant volume decreases. The locations and the shapes of high-conductivity inserts corresponding to the smallest peak temperatures for different number of inserts are documented,