Porous materials with thin interlayers for optimal thermal insulation

International Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 291-300

  Wu, Hui Jun ^a,b   Fan, Jin Tu ^a   Du, Ning ^a,c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; Finite volume method; Heat transfer; Nano porous; Nanofiber; Nonlinear; Permeability; Porous; Radiation; Thermal insulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 65349177042     PISSN: 15651339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/IJNSNS.2009.10.3.291     Document Type: Article

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