A simple simulation method for designing fibrous insulation materials

Materials and Design

Volumn 44, Issue , 2013, Pages 99-106

  Arambakam, R ^a   Vahedi Tafreshi, H ^a   Pourdeyhimi, B ^b  

^a Virginia Commonwealth University   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conductive heat transfer; Fibrous materials; Insulation materials; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

AIR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; FIBERS; GEOMETRY; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT TRANSFER; INSULATING MATERIALS; INSULATION; NUMERICAL MODELS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS;

CONDUCTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; FIBROUS MATERIAL; IN-PLANE ORIENTATION; INSULATION MATERIALS; INTERSTITIAL FLUIDS; MICROSTRUCTURAL PARAMETERS; SOLID VOLUME FRACTION;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS;

EID: 84865316039     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2012.07.058     Document Type: Article

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