The use of the transient hot-wire technique for measurement of the thermal conductivity of an epoxy-resin reinforced with glass fibres and/or carbon multi-walled nanotubes

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 15-16, 2008, Pages 3178-3183

  Assael, M J ^a   Antoniadis, K D ^a   Tzetzis, D ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

B. Thermal properties; C. Finite element analysis (FEA); Nano composites; Transient hot wire

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; CARBON; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; EPOXY RESINS; FIBERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GLASS; GLASS FIBERS; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; RESINS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOELECTRICITY; WIRE;

ACCURATE MEASUREMENTS; B. THERMAL PROPERTIES; C. FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS (FEA); GLASS FABRICS; GLASS FIBRES; MATRIX REINFORCEMENTS; MULTIFUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; OPTIMUM POTENTIALS; PLAIN WEAVES; PRECISE MEASUREMENTS; REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIALS; TRANSIENT HOT WIRES; TRANSIENT HOT-WIRE; WALLED NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON FIBER; EPOXY RESIN; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GLASS FIBER FABRIC; NANOTUBE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 55649087098     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2008.07.019     Document Type: Article

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