Technical Paper
Spreadsheet Analysis for Early Phase Thermal Design
2001-07-09
2001-01-2436
During the early phases of a design, where multiple scenarios and multiple configurations are considered, classic thermal analysis processes are far from ideal. It is desirable to be able to turn-around results in a couple of minutes rather than hours or days when evaluating ideas and available options. This paper presents the results of an initial study into developing such capability within a spreadsheet by building on the existing tool ThermXL.