Abstract
Diverse expressions for the thermal conductivity of cellular materials are reviewed. Most expressions address only the conductive contribution to heat transfer; some expressions also consider the radiative contribution. Convection is considered to be negligible for cell diameters less than 4 mm. The predicted results are compared with measured conductivities for materials ranging from fine-pore foams to coarse packaging materials. The dependencies of the predicted conductivities on the material parameters which are most open to intervention are presented graphically for the various models.
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Abbreviations
- a :
-
Absorption coefficient
- C v (Jmol−1 K−1):
-
Specific heat
- E :
-
Emissivity
- E L :
-
Emissivity of hypothetical thin parallel layer
- E 0 :
-
Boundary surfaces emissivity
- f :
-
Fraction of solid normal to heat flow
- fics:
-
Fraction of total solid in struts of cell
- K(m−1):
-
Mean extinction coefficient
- k(W m−1 K−1):
-
Effective thermal conductivity of foam
- k cd(W m−1 K−1):
-
Conductive contribution
- k cr(W m−1 K−1):
-
Convective contribution
- k g(W m−1 K−1):
-
Thermal conductivity of cell gas
- k r(W m−1 K−1):
-
Radiative contribution
- k s(W m−1 K−1):
-
Thermal conductivity of solid
- L(m):
-
Thickness of sample
- L g(m):
-
Diameter of cell
- L s(m):
-
Cell-wall thickness
- n :
-
Number of cell layers
- r :
-
Reflection coefficient
- t :
-
Transmission coefficient
- T(K):
-
Absolute temperature
- T m(K):
-
Mean temperature
- T N :
-
Fraction of energy passing through cell wall
- T 1(K):
-
Temperature of hot plate
- T 2(K):
-
Temperature of cold plate
- V g :
-
Volume fraction of gas
- V w :
-
Volume fraction of total solid in the windows
- w :
-
Refractive index
- δ(m):
-
Effective molecular diameter
- η(Pa s):
-
Gas viscosity
- θ:
-
Structural angle with respect to rise direction
- σ(W m−2 K−4):
-
Stefan constant
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Collishaw, P.G., Evans, J.R.G. An assessment of expressions for the apparent thermal conductivity of cellular materials. J Mater Sci 29, 486–498 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01162512
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