A transient technique for measuring the effective thermal conductivity of saturated porous media with a constant boundary heat flux

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 128, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1217-1220

  Aichlmayr, H T ^a   Kulacki, F A ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Effective thermal conductivity; Porous media; Transient measurement technique

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; HEAT FLUX; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS;

EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL DIFFUSIVITY; TRANSIENT HEATING; TRANSIENT MEASUREMENT;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS;

DATA REDUCTION; HEAT FLUX; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS;

EID: 33846317749     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2352791     Document Type: Article

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