Amir Faghri
College of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Connecticut, 191 Auditorium Rd., Unit 3139, Storrs CT 06269-3139, USA; Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering Wright State University Dayton, OH 45435
Yiding Cao
Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Florida International University,
Miami, Florida 33174; Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering Wright State University Dayton, OH 45435
Al Juhasz
NASA Lewis Research Center 21000 Brookpark Road Cleveland, OH 44135
A complete mathematical formulation for heat pipe startup from frozen state and transient continuum performances are presented. The mathematical model was simplified and solved numerically for different transient periods. The numerical results were compared with existing experimental data in the literature with good agreement, indicating that significant progress has been made in the numerical modeling of heat pipe dynamics.