Intermingled fractal units model and electrical equivalence fractal approach for prediction of thermal conductivity of porous materials

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 186-192

  Pia, Giorgio ^a   Sanna, Ulrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fractal geometry; Microstructure final; Model; Porosity; Thermal conductivity; Yitria stabilized zirconia

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; FRACTAL GEOMETRY; INTRINSIC CHARACTERISTICS; MICROSTRUCTURE-FINAL; POROUS MICROSTRUCTURE; RANDOM FRACTAL MODELS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; STABILIZED ZIRCONIA; MICROSTRUCTURE - FINALS;

MICROSTRUCTURE; MODELS; POLYACRYLONITRILES; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VOLUME FRACTION; ZIRCONIA; FRACTALS; GEOMETRY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS;

FRACTALS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84883201446     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2013.07.031     Document Type: Article

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