Effective thermal conductivity of composite spheres in a continuous medium with contact resistance

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 47, Issue 14-16, 2004, Pages 3453-3461

  Felske, J D ^a  

^a the State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FOAMS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

PARTICLE-CONTINUUM BEHAVIORS; SYNTACTIC FOAMS;

HEAT CONDUCTION;

CONTACT RESISTANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; SPHERE; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 2442478469     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2004.01.013     Document Type: Article

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