Thermal conductivity enhancement of carbon fiber composites

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 418-421

  Wang, Moran ^a   Kang, Qinjun ^b   Pan, Ning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon fiber composites; Effective thermal conductivity; Lattice Boltzmann method; Multiphase fibrous systems; Porous media

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; DROP FORMATION; FIBERS; FORECASTING; POROUS MATERIALS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOELECTRICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CARBON FIBER COMPOSITES; EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD; MULTIPHASE FIBROUS SYSTEMS; POROUS MEDIA;

CARBON FIBERS;

EID: 55549127160     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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