Alan Rojas

Mr. Alan Rojas

Morelia Institute of Technology, Morelia, Michoacán de Ocampo, Mexico
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Academic Career Length

5Years (2022-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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10 March 2022 in Micromachines
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GRGuillermo Rojas-Altamirano
Guillermo Rojas-Altamirano
RVRené Vargas
René Vargas
Juan P. EscandonJuan P. Escandon
Juan P. Escandon
Rubén Mil-MartínezRubén Mil-Martínez
Rubén Mil-Martínez
ARAlan Rojas
Alan Rojas
In this work, an effective thermal conductivity (ETC) for living tissues, which directly affects the energy transport process, is determined. The fractal scaling and Monte Carlo methods are used to describe the tissue as a porous medium, and blood is considered a Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluid for comparative and analytical purposes. The effect of the principal variables—such as fractal dimensions DT and Df, porosity, and the power-law index, n—on the temperature profiles as a function of time and tissue depth, for one- and three-layer tissues, besides temperature distribution, are presented. ETC was improved by considering high tissue porosity, low tortuosity, and shear-thinning fluids. In three-layer tissues with different porosities, perfusion with a non-Newtonian fluid contributes to the understanding of the heat transfer process in some parts of the human body.