Experimental investigation was conducted to study the thermal performance and thermal resistance factor of staggered mini-duct heat sinks.With Reynolds number increasing
the performance of both staggered ducts and straight ducts are improved
and the former is more evident and significant.The thermal resistance factor has an exponential relation with Re;and at the same Re
the factor of staggered ducts is about 18% lower than that of straight ducts.The temperature profile of heat sink bottom is distinctly non-uniform
mainly caused by the fluid temperature rise along the flow
and it fluctuates spatially and temporally.The flow in staggered ducts would lose its stability at about Re 700