Workshop: Constructal Theory after 20 Years of Exploration and what the Future Holds?

研讨会：建构理论经过20年的探索以及未来会怎样？

• 批准号: 1812451
• 负责人: Calvin Hong Li
• 金额: $ 4.98万
• 依托单位: Villanova University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1812451&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Workshop; Constructal; Theory; after; 20

This Workshop is dedicated to the Constructal Law, a new physics theory emanating from the contemplation of how natural systems evolve in time, and its implications to thermal transport processes. The forming of river basins, the shaping of mammal lungs, the percolation paths of coffee brewing, the growth of tree roots and branches, the complexity of blood vessel networks, all have similarities in their evolution: to exist, it seems, they must morph toward structures that facilitate access to what flows. The bringing together of thermal transport processes experts in Constructal Law is paramount to measure the impact so far of this new law in thermal transport processes, to determine how it can better contribute to the thermal transport knowledge base, and to identify how this area will evolve in the near future as to guide its dissemination. It is also an opportunity for the community to organize and plan around constructal law.The observations of natural systems resulting in the constructal law can be applied to engineering systems as well, to anticipate how complex thermal transport systems should evolve so they continue to exist. This concept is intrinsically related to the Thermodynamics of energy and entropy balances, via the work (energy) needed to flow and the dissipating heat resulting from it. Diffusion, convection, and radiation are also intrinsically related to constructal law, as they are the most important heat and mass transport processes affecting thermal systems. The contributions of each in new thermal transport processes should not be dictated by materials or manufacturing limitations alone, but should also account for how they will contribute to facilitating access to what flows. The new paradigm born out of constructal law is for the thermal designer not to avoid geometric complexity; rather, to embrace and explore it, to recognize the importance of new form-function relationships as to facilitate access to what flows. The main outcome of this workshop is expected to be a clear direction of constructal law and its implications to thermal transport processes.

该研讨会专门用于构造定律，这是一种新的物理理论，它是从自然系统如何演变及其对热运输过程的影响的沉思中得出的。河流盆地的形成，哺乳动物的塑造，咖啡酿造的渗透路径，树根和树枝的生长，血管网络的复杂性，所有这些都具有相似之处：似乎存在，似乎它们必须朝着促进流动访问的结构变为促进流动的结构。构造法律的热运输过程专家的汇集是衡量迄今为止在热传输过程中的影响，以确定如何更好地为热运输知识基础做出贡献，并确定该领域在不久的将来如何发展以指导其传播。这也是社区围绕结构定律组织和计划的机会。对构造定律的自然系统的观察也可以应用于工程系统，以预测复杂的热运输系统应如何发展，以便它们继续存在。这个概念与能量和熵平衡的热力学本质上相关，这是通过流动所需的工作（能量）以及由此产生的耗散热量的。 扩散，对流和辐射也与结构定律本质上相关，因为它们是影响热系统的最重要的热和质量传输过程。新的热运输过程中每个人的贡献不应仅由材料或制造局限性决定，而应解释它们如何促进进入流量的访问。构造定律诞生的新范式是为了避免几何复杂性。相反，要拥抱和探索它，以认识到新的形式关系关系的重要性，以促进访问什么流动。预计该研讨会的主要结果将是建构定律的明确方向及其对热运输过程的影响。