Heat dissipation with pitch-based carbon foams and phase-change materials

Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 865-870

  Wierschke, Kevin W ^a,c,d   Franke, M E ^a,c,d   Watts, Roland ^b,e   Ponnappan, Rengasamy ^b,d,f  

^a AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c USAF   (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

^e Nonmetallic Materials Division   (United States)

^f Propulsion Direct   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT LOSSES; HEAT SINKS; INFILTRATION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; TRANSIENT RESPONSE;

FOAMS;

FOAMS; HEAT LOSSES; HEAT SINKS; INFILTRATION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

EID: 33751008069     PISSN: 08878722     EISSN: 15336808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.18463     Document Type: Article

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