Novel techniques for measurement of thermal conductivity of both highly and lowly conducting solid media

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 55, Issue 15-16, 2012, Pages 4037-4042

  Sparrow, E M ^a   Gorman, J M ^a   Trawick IV, A ^a   Abraham, J P ^b  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Low conductors; Measurement technique; Metals; Numerical simulation; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

ALL METAL; CONDUCTING SOLIDS; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; EXPERIMENTAL PROTOCOLS; HIGH CONDUCTIVITY; LOW CONDUCTIVITY; LOW COSTS; MEASUREMENT APPARATUS; MEASUREMENT DEVICE; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; NOVEL METHODS; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; QUASI-STEADY MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; METALS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS;

EID: 84861526884     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2012.03.043     Document Type: Article

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