Thermal joint resistance of conforming rough surfaces with grease-filled interstitial gaps

Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 278-282

  Savija, I ^a   Yovanovich, M M ^a   Culham, J R ^a   Marotta, E E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b IBM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUBRICATING GREASES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

GREASE FILLED INTERSTITIAL GAPS; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

HEAT RESISTANCE;

GREASE; JOINT; MODELING; RESISTANCE;

EID: 0038666170     PISSN: 08878722     EISSN: 15336808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.6763     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Yovanovich, M. M., "New Contact and Conductance Correlations for Conforming Rough Surfaces," Spacecraft Radiative Transfer and Temperature Control, Vol. 83, Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics, AIAA, New York, 1982, pp. 83-95.
2. Cunnington, G. R., Jr., "Thermal Conductance of Filled Aluminum and Magnesium Joints in a Vacuum Environment," American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASME Paper 64-WA/HT-40, Nov./Dec. 1964.
3. Getty, R. C., and Tatro, R. E., "Spacecraft Thermal Joint Conduction," AIAA Paper 67-316, April 1967.
4. Seely, J. H., and R. C., Heat Transfer in Microelectronic Equipment, A Practical Guide, Marcel Dekker, New York, 1972, pp. 40-46.
5. Prasher, R. S., "Surface Chemistry and Characteristics Based Model for the Thermal Contact Resistance of Fluidic Interstitial Thermal Interface Materials," Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 123, No. 5, 2001, pp. 969-975.
6. Prasher, R. S., Simmons, C., and Solbrekken, G., "Thermal Contact Resistance of Phase Change and Grease Type Polymeric Materials," Proceedings of the International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, MED-Vol. 11, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fairfield, NJ, 2000, pp. 461-466.
7. Yovanovich, M. M., Culham, J. R., and Teertstra, P., "Calculating Interface Resistance," Electronics Cooling, Vol. 3, No. 2, 1997, pp. 1-7; also http://www.electronics-cooling.com/Resources/EC_Articles/MAY97/article3.htm.
8. Antonetti, V. W., Whittle, T. D., and Simons, R. E., "An Approximate Thermal Contact Conductance Correlation," Experimental/Numerical Heat Transfer in Combustion and Phase Change, HTD-Vol. 170, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fairfield, NJ, 1991, pp. 35-42.
9. Song, S., and Yovanovich, M. M., "Relative Contact Pressure: Dependence on Surface Roughness and Vickers Microhardness," Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 2, No. 1, 1988, pp. 43-47.
10. Sridhar, M. R., and Yovanovich, M. M., "Empirical Methods to Predict Vickers Microhardness," Wear, Vol. 193, No. 1, 1996, pp. 91-98.
11. Hegazy, A. A., "Thermal Joint Conductance of Conforming Rough Surfaces: Effect of Surface Micro-Hardness Variation," Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, 1985.
12. Antonetti, V. W., "On the Use of Metallic Coatings to Enhance Thermal Contact Conductance," Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, 1983.