An experimental study on the thermal conductivity of aluminium foams by using the transient plane source method

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 51, Issue 25-26, 2008, Pages 6259-6267

  Solorzano E ^a   Reglero, J A ^a   Rodriguez Perez M A ^a   Lehmhus, D ^b   Wichmann, M ^b   de Saja, J A ^a  

^a Faculty of Science   (Spain)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY AND ADVANCED MATERIALS IFAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aluminium foams; Thermal conductivity; Transient plane source method

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTS; HEAT SHIELDING; LIGHT WEIGHT ROLLING STOCK; MEDICAL IMAGING; METALLURGY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TOMOGRAPHY;

ALUMINIUM FOAMS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITIES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FOAM BLOCKS; FOAMING PROCESSES; LOCAL DENSITIES; THEORETICAL MODELS; TPS TECHNIQUES; TRANSIENT PLANE SOURCE METHOD; TRANSIENT PLANE SOURCE TECHNIQUES; TRANSIENT PLANE SOURCES;

THERMOELECTRICITY;

EID: 55549100242     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2007.11.062     Document Type: Article

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