Evaluation of effective thermal conductivity of CNT-based nano-composites by element free Galerkin method

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 757-769

  Singh, I V ^a   Tanaka, Masataka ^a   Zhang, J ^a   Endo, M ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon; Composite materials; Galerkin method; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTATION THEORY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; POLYMER MATRIX; THERMOANALYSIS;

ELEMENT FREE GALERKIN METHOD; NUMERICAL FORMULA; WEIGHT FUNCTION;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTATION THEORY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; POLYMER MATRIX; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOANALYSIS;

EID: 35348987688     PISSN: 09615539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09615530710825756     Document Type: Article

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