Thermal conductivity and compressive strain of foam neoprene insulation under hydrostatic pressure

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 3832-3840

  Bardy, Erik ^a,b   Mollendorf, Joseph ^a,b,c   Pendergast, David ^a,b,c  

^a State University of New York   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; FOAMED RUBBER; GEOMETRY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; POROSITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

COMPRESSIVE STRAIN; EMPIRICAL CORRELATION; NEOPRENE; UNI-AXIAL PRESSURE;

THERMAL INSULATION;

EID: 25844524915     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/38/20/009     Document Type: Article

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