Response to “Comment on ‘Effective thermal conductivity of metal and non-metal particulate composites with interfacial thermal resistance at high volume fraction of nano to macro-sized spheres’” [J. Appl. Phys. 117, 216101 (2015)]

2015 ◽  
Vol 117 (21) ◽  
pp. 216102
Author(s):  
Salah Aldin Faroughi ◽  
Christian Huber
2008 ◽  
Vol 75 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
H. M. Yin ◽  
G. H. Paulino ◽  
W. G. Buttlar ◽  
L. Z. Sun

By means of a fundamental solution for a single inhomogeneity embedded in a functionally graded material matrix, a self-consistent model is proposed to investigate the effective thermal conductivity distribution in a functionally graded particulate nanocomposite. The “Kapitza thermal resistance” along the interface between a particle and the matrix is simulated with a perfect interface but a lower thermal conductivity of the particle. The results indicate that the effective thermal conductivity distribution greatly depends on Kapitza thermal resistance, particle size, and degree of material gradient.


2018 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 454-461 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Khodayari ◽  
Matteo Fasano ◽  
Masoud Bozorg Bigdeli ◽  
Shahin Mohammadnejad ◽  
Eliodoro Chiavazzo ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 879 ◽  
pp. 1889-1894 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenjiro Sugio ◽  
Rio Yamada ◽  
Yong Bum Choi ◽  
Gen Sasaki

Steady state thermal conductivity measuring device was designed to measure the effective thermal conductivity of composites. Computer simulations of thermal conduction revealed that the designed device over estimates the effective thermal conductivity, and the correction coefficient was suggested. With this designed device, the effective thermal conductivities of Al/SiC particle-dispersed composites were measured by changing the size of SiC particles from 0.3 μm to 3 μm. The critical element size which could determine the optimal size of reinforcements have been suggested, and validity of the critical element size for Al/SiC composites was confirmed. The thermal conductivity of the composites including small SiC particles was degraded by the interfacial thermal resistance between the matrix and the reinforcement. On the other hand, the thermal conductivity of the composites including large SiC particles was not affected by the interfacial thermal resistance. These results suggest that consideration of the critical element size is valid.


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