The effective thermal conductivity for a pointcontact porous medium: an experimental study
The effective thermal conductivity for a pointcontact porous medium: an experimental study
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点接触多孔介质的有效导热系数:实验研究
DOI:
10.1016/0017-9310(89)90138-5
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发表时间:
1989
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
S. Whitaker
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作者:
D. Shonnard;S. Whitaker
In order to test the inner expansion theory of Batchelor and O'Brien for a point-contact porous medium, a unit cell of a spatially periodic porous medium is constructed and used to measure the effective thermal conductivity. The unit cell is made of large, metal hemispheres which are brought into pointcontact as determined by an abrupt change in the electrical conductivity of the system. Experimental data are obtained for ratios of the thermal conductivitykσ/kβranging from 102to 104and the results verify the functional dependence ofKeffonkσ/kβpredicted by Batchelor and O'Brien. In addition, our experimental data and the theory of Batchelor and O'Brien are in good agreement with the experimental results of Swift for metal powders having particle diameters of the order of hundreds of micrometers.