THE EFFECTIVE THERMAL-CONDUCTIVITY OF A POROUS-MEDIUM WITH INTERCONNECTED PARTICLES

Authors
BUONANNO G CAROTENUTO A
Citation
G. Buonanno et A. Carotenuto, THE EFFECTIVE THERMAL-CONDUCTIVITY OF A POROUS-MEDIUM WITH INTERCONNECTED PARTICLES, International journal of heat and mass transfer, 40(2), 1997, pp. 393-405
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Mechanics,"Engineering, Mechanical",Thermodynamics
Journal title
International journal of heat and mass transfer → ACNP
ISSN journal
00179310
Volume
40
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
393 - 405
Database
ISI
SICI code
0017-9310(1997)40:2<393:TETOAP>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
The procedure of volume averaging is applied to the process of steady- stale heat conduction in a two-phase system and a method is developed to calculate the effective thermal conductivity. This method provides details of solid mechanics and thermal problems, and particle-particle contact is treated in an empirical manner. The proposed method is app lied for periodic regular arrangements of circular and square cylinder s. The effects of particle shape, roughness and solid conductivity are examined. A qualitative comparison between theory and experiment is a lso reported. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd.