Multi-scale composite models for the effective thermal conductivity of PCM-concrete

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 48, Issue , 2013, Pages 371-378

  Meshgin, Pania ^a   Xi, Yunping ^a  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite; Concrete; Generalized self consistent model; Phase change material; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MODELS; EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENCAPSULATED PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; MULTI-SCALE COMPOSITES; SELF CONSISTENT MODELING; STRUCTURAL MODELS; UPPER AND LOWER BOUNDS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CONCRETES; FORECASTING; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84884401274     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2013.06.068     Document Type: Article

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