scholarly journals Two-dimensional numerical simulation study of the effective thermal conductivity statistics for binary composite materials

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 364-370
Author(s):  
Igor Zaginaylo ◽  
Yakov Maksimeniuk ◽  
Alexander Pysarenko
2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaojian Wang ◽  
Xiaohu Niu ◽  
Wensheng Kang ◽  
Xiaoxue Wang ◽  
Liangbi Wang

Author(s):  
C. Channy Wong

Different types of fillers with high electrical and thermal conductivities, e.g. graphite and alumina, have been added to adhesive polymers to create composite materials with improved mechanical and electrical properties. Previous modeling efforts have found that it is relatively difficult to predict the effective thermal conductivity of a composite polymeric material when incorporated with large volume content of fillers. We have performed comprehensive computational analysis that models the thermal contacts between fillers. This unique setup can capture the critical heat conduction path to obtain the effective thermal conductivity of the composite materials. Results of these predictions and its comparison with experimental data will be presented in this paper.


2011 ◽  
Vol 320 ◽  
pp. 353-358
Author(s):  
Yu Feng Shi ◽  
Wen Ce Sun ◽  
Li Hua Shi ◽  
Jing Cui

Effective thermal conductivity of granular porous media is investigated by experimental and numerical methods. Using the unsteady heat conduction formula of semi-infinite body, effective thermal conductivity is obtained by measuring temperature field of the experimental system. In this experiment, solid particle is pebble and pore fluid is water or brine with salinity of 20.2%. Granular porous media is not applicable for fractal method, therefore based on structural character of granular porous media; two-dimensional cylinder model is used to calculate effective thermal conductivity of granular porous media in this paper. The simulation results correspond well with the experimental results. This proves that calculating effective thermal conductivity of granular porous media by using this two-dimensional model is accurate. This model could be extrapolated to unsaturated porous media. Research shows that effective thermal conductivity increases logarithmically with the increasing of saturation.


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