Correcting and extending the Boomsma-Poulikakos effective thermal conductivity model for three-dimensional, fluid-saturated metal foams

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 575-580

  Dai, Z ^a,b   Nawaz, K ^b   Park, Y G ^c   Bock, J ^b   Jacobi, A M ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Effective thermal conductivity; Metal foam

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY MODELS; METAL FOAMS; PROMISING MATERIALS;

FOAMS; FORECASTING; METALS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS;

EID: 77953538939     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2010.01.015     Document Type: Article

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