Kenneth Eric Torrance - Publications

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1968-2010 Mechanical Engineering Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States 

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2009 Dhall A, Datta AK, Torrance KE, Almeida MF. Radiative heat exchange modeling inside an oven Aiche Journal. 55: 2448-2460. DOI: 10.1002/Aic.11903  0.399
2005 Li H, Torrance KE. An experimental study of the correlation between surface roughness and light scattering for rough metallic surfaces Proceedings of Spie - the International Society For Optical Engineering. 5878: 1-15. DOI: 10.1117/12.617637  0.508
2005 Li H, Foo SC, Torrance KE, Westin SH. Automated three-axis gonioreflectometer for computer graphics applications Proceedings of Spie - the International Society For Optical Engineering. 5878: 1-11. DOI: 10.1117/12.617589  0.489
2002 Sikka KK, Torrance KE, Scholler CU, Salanova PI. Heat sinks with fluted and wavy plate fins in natural and low-velocity forced convection Ieee Transactions On Components and Packaging Technologies. 25: 283-292. DOI: 10.1109/TCAPT.2002.1010019  0.383
2001 Fisher TS, Torrance KE. Optimal shapes of fully embedded channels for conjugate cooling Ieee Transactions On Advanced Packaging. 24: 555-562. DOI: 10.1109/6040.982844  0.511
2000 Thrasher WW, Fisher TS, Torrance KE. Experiments on chimney-enhanced free convection from pin-fin heat sinks Journal of Electronic Packaging, Transactions of the Asme. 122: 350-355. DOI: 10.1115/1.1289633  0.597
2000 Fisher TS, Torrance KE. Constrained optimal duct shapes for conjugate laminar forced convection International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 43: 113-126. DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(99)00115-5  0.567
2000 Sikka KK, Torrance KE, Scholler CU, Salanova PI. Heat sinks with fluted and wavy fins in natural and low-velocity forced convection Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems -Proceedings of the Intersociety Conference. 1: 149-156.  0.356
1999 Fisher TS, Torrance KE. Experiments on chimney-enhanced free convection Journal of Heat Transfer. 121: 603-609. DOI: 10.1115/1.2826022  0.602
1999 Sikka KK, Torrance KE, Fisher TS. Experiments on low velocity cooling of high conductivity substrates Ieee Transactions On Components and Packaging Technologies. 22: 307-315. DOI: 10.1109/6144.774750  0.564
1999 Ni H, Datta AK, Torrance KE. Moisture transport in intensive microwave heating of biomaterials: A multiphase porous media model International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 42: 1501-1512. DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(98)00123-9  0.385
1999 Fisher TS, Torrance KE. A complex-variable boundary element approach to fully developed flow and heat transfer in ducts of general cross-section International Journal For Numerical Methods in Engineering. 45: 1631-1655. DOI: 10.1002/(Sici)1097-0207(19990820)45:11<1631::Aid-Nme647>3.0.Co;2-3  0.568
1997 Fisher TS, Torrance KE. Free convection limits for pin-fin cooling American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) Htd. 343: 129-138. DOI: 10.1115/1.2824325  0.604
1997 Sikka KK, Fisher TS, Torrance KE. Thermal Analysis and Optimization of Substrates with Directionally Enhanced Conductivities Journal of Electronic Packaging, Transactions of the Asme. 119: 64-72. DOI: 10.1115/1.2792202  0.524
1997 Sikka KK, Fisher TS, Torrance KE, Lamb CR. Effects of package orientation and mixed convection on heat transfer from a PQFP Ieee Transactions On Components Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Part A. 20: 152-159. DOI: 10.1109/95.588567  0.58
1997 Fisher TS, Torrance KE, Sikka KK. Analysis and optimization of a natural draft heat sink system Ieee Transactions On Components Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Part A. 20: 111-119. DOI: 10.1109/95.588562  0.361
1996 Fisher TS, Zell FA, Sikka KK, Torrance KE. Efficient Heat Transfer Approximation for the Chip-on-Substrate Problem Journal of Electronic Packaging, Transactions of the Asme. 118: 271-278. DOI: 10.1115/1.2792163  0.565
1993 Ramesh PS, Torrance KE. Boiling in a porous layer heated from below: Effects of natural convection and a moving liquid/two-phase interface Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 257: 289-309. DOI: 10.1017/S0022112093003088  0.436
1991 Ladeinde F, Torrance KE. Convection in a rotating, horizontal cylinder with radial and normal gravity forces Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 228: 361-385. DOI: 10.1017/S0022112091002744  0.645
1991 Pruzan DA, Klingensmith LK, Torrance KE, Avedisian CT. Design of high-performance sintered-wick heat pipes International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 34: 1417-1427. DOI: 10.1016/0017-9310(91)90285-M  0.452
1991 Medina DE, Liggett JA, Birchwood RA, Torrance KE. A consistent boundary element method for free surface hydrodynamic calculations International Journal For Numerical Methods in Fluids. 12: 835-857. DOI: 10.1002/Fld.1650120904  0.345
1990 Ramesh PS, Torrance KE. Stability of boiling in porous media International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 33: 1895-1908. DOI: 10.1016/0017-9310(90)90221-F  0.372
1990 Pruzan DA, Torrance KE, Avedisian CT. Two-phase flow and dryout in a screen wick saturated with a fluid mixture International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 33: 673-681. DOI: 10.1016/0017-9310(90)90166-R  0.42
1990 Robillard L, Torrance KE. Convective heat transfer inhibition in an annular porous layer rotating at weak angular velocity International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 33: 953-963. DOI: 10.1016/0017-9310(90)90077-8  0.488
1990 Ladeinde F, Torrance KE. Galerkin finite element simulation of convection driven by rotation and gravitation International Journal For Numerical Methods in Fluids. 10: 47-77. DOI: 10.1002/Fld.1650100105  0.627
1990 Ladeinde F, Torrance KE. Transient plumes from convective flow instability in horizontal cylinders Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer. 4: 350-356.  0.622
1988 Sen M, Pruzan DA, Torrance KE. Analytical and experimental study of steady-state convection in a double-loop thermosyphon International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 31: 709-722. DOI: 10.1016/0017-9310(88)90129-9  0.413
1987 Modi V, Torrance KE. EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDIES OF COLD INFLOW AT THE EXIT OF BUOYANT CHANNEL FLOWS Journal of Heat Transfer. 109: 392-399. DOI: 10.1115/1.3248093  0.595
1987 Sen M, Torrance KE. Natural convection in a thin horizontal porous annulus International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 30: 729-739. DOI: 10.1016/0017-9310(87)90203-1  0.46
1983 Bau HH, Torrance KE. On the effects of viscous dissipation and pressure work in free convection loops International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 26: 727-734. DOI: 10.1016/0017-9310(83)90023-6  0.412
1982 Bau HH, Torrance KE. LOW RAYLEIGH NUMBER THERMAL CONVECTION IN A VERTICAL CYLINDER FILLED WITH POROUS MATERIALS AND HEATED FROM BELOW Journal of Heat Transfer. 104: 166-172. DOI: 10.1115/1.3245045  0.472
1982 Bau HH, Torrance KE. Thermal convection and boiling in a porous medium Letters in Heat and Mass Transfer. 9: 431-441. DOI: 10.1016/0094-4548(82)90014-5  0.457
1982 Bau HH, Torrance KE. Boiling in low-permeability porous materials International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 25: 45-55. DOI: 10.1016/0017-9310(82)90233-2  0.402
1981 Bau HH, Torrance KE. Onset of convection in a permeable medium between vertical coaxial cylinders Physics of Fluids. 24: 382-385. DOI: 10.1063/1.863382  0.355
1981 Bau HH, Torrance KE. On the stability and flow reversal of an asymmetrically heated open convection loop Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 109: 417-433. DOI: 10.1017/S0022112081001146  0.466
1981 Bau HH, Torrance KE. Transient and steady behavior of an open, symmetrically-heated, free convection loop International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 24: 597-609. DOI: 10.1016/0017-9310(81)90004-1  0.428
1981 Bau HH, Torrance KE. EXPERIMENTAL AND ANALYTICAL STUDY OF LOW RAYLEIGH NUMBER THERMAL CONVECTION IN A VERTICAL CYLINDER FILLED WITH POROUS MATERIAL American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) Htd. 16: 17-24.  0.384
1980 Torrance KE, Chan VWC, Turcotte DL. A model of hydrothermal convection in an aquifer Journal of Geophysical Research. 85: 2554. DOI: 10.1029/JB085iB05p02554  0.444
1980 Torrance KE, Chan VWC. HEAT TRANSFER BY A FREE CONVECTION LOOP EMBEDDED IN A HEAT-CONDUCTING SOLID International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 23: 1091-1097. DOI: 10.1016/0017-9310(80)90173-8  0.456
1980 Torrance KE, Chan VWC, Turcotte DL. A model of hydrothermal convection in an aquifer Journal of Geophysical Research. 85: 2554-2558.  0.314
1979 Torrance KE. OPEN-LOOP THERMOSYPHONS WITH GEOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS Journal of Heat Transfer. 101: 677-683. DOI: 10.1115/1.3451056  0.46
1979 Sheu JP, Torrance KE, Turcotte DL. On the structure of two-phase hydrothermal flows in permeable media Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 84: 7524-7532. DOI: 10.1029/JB084iB13p07524  0.42
1979 Torrance KE. Natural convection in thermally stratified enclosures with localized heating from below Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 95: 477-495. DOI: 10.1017/S0022112079001567  0.52
1979 Torrance KE. Open loop thermosyphons with geological applications 0.362
1978 Torrance KE, Sheu JP. Heat transfer from plutons undergoing hydrothermal cooling and thermal cracking Numerical Heat Transfer. 1: 147-161. DOI: 10.1080/10407787808913369  0.309
1978 Ribando RJ, Torrance KE, Turcotte DL. Numerical calculations of the convective cooling of an infinite sill Tectonophysics. 50: 337-347. DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(78)90141-5  0.534
1976 Ribando RJ, Torrance KE, Turcotte DL. Numerical models for hydrothermal circulation in the oceanic crust Journal of Geophysical Research. 81: 3007-3012. DOI: 10.1029/JB081i017p03007  0.432
1976 Parmentier EM, Turcotte DL, Torrance KE. Studies of finite amplitude non-Newtonian thermal convection with application to convection in the Earth's mantle Journal of Geophysical Research. 81: 1839-1846. DOI: 10.1029/Jb081I011P01839  0.643
1975 Torrance KE, Mahajan RL. Surface Tension Flows Induced by a Moving Thermal Source Combustion Science and Technology. 10: 125-136. DOI: 10.1080/00102207508946664  0.301
1975 Parmentier EM, Turcotte DL, Torrance KE. Numerical experiments on the structure of mantle plumes Journal of Geophysical Research. 80: 4417-4424. DOI: 10.1029/Jb080I032P04417  0.683
1975 Parmentier EM, Torrance KE. Kinematically consistent velocity fields for hydrodynamic calculations in curvilinear coordinates Journal of Computational Physics. 19: 404-417. DOI: 10.1016/0021-9991(75)90071-6  0.536
1975 Gutman DP, Torrance KE. Response of the urban boundary layer to heat addition and surface roughness Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 9: 217-233. DOI: 10.1007/BF00215641  0.324
1974 Turcotte DL, Hsui AT, Torrance KE, Schubert G. Influence of viscous dissipation on Bénard convection Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 64: 369-374. DOI: 10.1017/S0022112074002448  0.584
1972 Hsui AT, Turcotte DL, Torrance KE. Finite-Amplitude thermal convection within a self-gravitating fluid sphere Geophysical Fluid Dynamics. 3: 35-44. DOI: 10.1080/03091927208236073  0.596
1972 Turcotte DL, Hsui AT, Torrance KE, Oxburgh ER. Thermal structure of the Moon Journal of Geophysical Research. 77: 6931-6939. DOI: 10.1029/Jb077I035P06931  0.611
1972 Torrance K, Davis R, Eike K, Gill P, Gutman D, Hsui A, Lyons S, Zien H. Cavity flows driven by buoyancy and shear Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 51: 221-231. DOI: 10.1017/S0022112072001181  0.349
1972 Young RE, Schubert G, Torrance KE. Nonlinear motions induced by moving thermal waves Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 54: 163-187. DOI: 10.1017/S0022112072000606  0.411
1971 Torrance KE, Turcotte DL. Structure of convection cells in the mantle Journal of Geophysical Research. 76: 1154-1161. DOI: 10.1029/JB076i005p01154  0.422
1971 Torrance KE, Turcotte DL. Thermal convection with large viscosity variations Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 47: 113-125. DOI: 10.1017/S002211207100096X  0.617
1969 Torrance KE. Discussion: “Free Convection Through Vertical Plane Layers—Moderate and High Prandtl Number Fluids” (MacGregor, R. K., and Emery, A. F., 1969, ASME J. Heat Transfer, 91, pp. 391–401) Journal of Heat Transfer. 91: 402-403. DOI: 10.1115/1.3580197  0.362
1969 Torrance KE, Rockett JA. Numerical study of natural convection in an enclosure with localized heating from below—creeping flow to the onset of laminar instability Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 36: 33-54. DOI: 10.1017/S0022112069001492  0.477
1969 Torrance KE, Orloff L, Rockett JA. Experiments on natural convection in enclosures with localized heating from below Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 36: 21-31. DOI: 10.1017/S0022112069001480  0.471
1967 Torrance KE, Sparrow EM. Theory for Off-Specular Reflection From Roughened Surfaces* Journal of the Optical Society of America. 57: 1105. DOI: 10.1364/Josa.57.001105  0.481
1967 Torrance KE, Sparrow EM. Directional emittance of an electric nonconductor as a function of surface roughness and wavelength International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 10: 1709-1716. DOI: 10.1016/0017-9310(67)90040-3  0.469
1966 Torrance KE, Sparrow EM, Birkebak RC. Polarization, Directional Distribution, and Off-Specular Peak Phenomena in Light Reflected from Roughened Surfaces Journal of the Optical Society of America. 56: 916. DOI: 10.1364/Josa.56.000916  0.39
1966 Torrance KE, Sparrow EM. Off-Specular Peaks in the Directional Distribution of Reflected Thermal Radiation Journal of Heat Transfer. 88: 223-230. DOI: 10.1115/1.3691519  0.393
1965 Torrance KE, Sparrow EM. Biangular Reflectance of an Electric Nonconductor as a Function of Wavelength and Surface Roughness Journal of Heat Transfer. 87: 283-292. DOI: 10.1115/1.3689091  0.399
1965 Torrance KE, Sparrow EM. Discussion: “Effects of Roughness of Metal Surfaces on Angular Distribution of Monochromatic Reflected Radiation” (Birkebak, R. C., and Eckert, E. R. G., 1965, ASME J. Heat Transfer, 87, pp. 85–93) Journal of Heat Transfer. 87: 93-93. DOI: 10.1115/1.3689062  0.408
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