Who passed thermodynamics 101?

Getting an aircooled motor to do what you describe would be no small feat, utopia comes to mind... Mr.Hoover once wrote something along the lines of: "Cooling fins the size of car doors".

I take this is written with humour in mind though...

J.

Ps. I actually did pass my Thermodynamics, and Combustion chemistry... Some 100.000 pints ago......

J.

Like jjs noted, I gotta use nickies if my irons don't dissipate well:

Somewhat..

No it does not improve HOW iron transfers heat, it improves the total ability to loose heat as in larger surface area = more BTU's able to be shed.....

J.

The equation used to express heat transfer by conduction is known as Fourier?s Law and is expressed as:

q = k A dT / s

where

q = heat transferred per unit time (W)

A = heat transfer area (m²)

k = thermal conductivity of the material (W/m.K or W/m.°C)

dT = Temperature difference across the material (K or °C)

s = material thickness (m)

Yeah, change A and things improve. Change k and things change too.

iron has a k of 60 W/m°C aluminum is 250

Copper has a k of 400! But is much too soft.. aww! Note that greater thinkness (travel) for big fins ruins q.

Thanks very much for that, David. I'll look into it. I owe you a favor.