Morphological Instability in Early Stages of Solidification of Pure Metals Part I: A Theoretical Model

2012 ◽  
Vol 445 ◽  
pp. 337-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faruk Yigit

A simple one dimensional model has been introduced to investigate the morphological instability observed in many solidification processes. It is shown that the solidified shell material with higher thermal conductivity might result in planar shell growth, whereas the mold material with higher thermal conductivity may cause irregular growth of the shell which, generally, causes cracking near the surface, and the thicker mold causes faster growth of the shell, and the higher thermal contact resistance leads to faster growth of the shell.

Small ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 2102128
Author(s):  
Taehun Kim ◽  
Seongkyun Kim ◽  
Eungchul Kim ◽  
Taesung Kim ◽  
Jungwan Cho ◽  
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Author(s):  
Odne S. Burheim ◽  
Jon G. Pharoah ◽  
Hannah Lampert ◽  
Preben J. S. Vie ◽  
Signe Kjelstrup

We report the through-plane thermal conductivities of the several widely used carbon porous transport layers (PTLs) and their thermal contact resistance to an aluminum polarization plate. We report these values both for wet and dry samples and at different compaction pressures. We show that depending on the type of PTL and the existence of residual water, the thermal conductivity of the materials varies from 0.15 W K−1 m−1 to 1.6 W K−1 m−1, one order of magnitude. This behavior is the same for the contact resistance varying from 0.8 m2 K W−1 to 11×10−4 m2 K W−1. For dry PTLs, the thermal conductivity decreases with increasing polytetrafluorethylene (PTFE) content and increases with residual water. These effects are explained by the behavior of air, water, and PTFE in between the PTL fibers. It is also found that Toray papers of differing thickness exhibit different thermal conductivities.


2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 1369-1372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhe Zhao ◽  
Hai-Ming Huang ◽  
Qing Wang ◽  
Song Ji

To explore whether pressure and temperature can affect thermal contact resistance, we have proposed a new experimental approach for measurement of the thermal contact resistance. Taking the thermal contact resistance between phenolic resin and carbon-carbon composites, cuprum, and aluminum as the examples, the influence of the thermal contact resistance between specimens under pressure is tested by experiment. Two groups of experiments are performed and then an analysis on influencing factors of the thermal contact resistance is presented in this paper. The experimental results reveal that the thermal contact resistance depends not only on the thermal conductivity coefficient of materials, but on the interfacial temperature and pressure. Furthermore, the thermal contact resistance between cuprum and aluminum is more sensitive to pressure and temperature than that between phenolic resin and carbon-carbon composites.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4.33) ◽  
pp. 530
Author(s):  
Mazlan Mohamed ◽  
Mohd Nazri Omar ◽  
Mohamad Shaiful Ashrul Ishak ◽  
Rozyanty Rahman ◽  
Zaiazmin Y.N ◽  
...  

Epoxy mixed with others filler for thermal interface material (TIM) had been well conducted and developed. There are problem occurs when previous material were used as matrix material likes epoxy that has non-uniform thickness of thermal interface material produce, time taken for solidification and others. Thermal pad or thermal interface material using graphene as main material to overcome the existing problem and at the same time to increase thermal conductivity and thermal contact resistance. Three types of composite graphene were used for thermal interface material in this research. The sample that contain 10 wt. %, 20 wt. % and 30 wt. % of graphene was used with different contain of graphene oxide (GO).  The thermal conductivity of thermal interface material is both measured and it was found that the increase of amount of graphene used will increase the thermal conductivity of thermal interface material. The highest thermal conductivity is 12.8 W/ (mK) with 30 w. % graphene. The comparison between the present thermal interface material and other thermal interface material show that this present graphene-epoxy is an excellent thermal interface material in increasing thermal conductivity.  


Author(s):  
Antonette T. Cummings ◽  
Li Shi ◽  
Joseph H. Koo

Nylon 11, a popular material for commercial use, has been combined with low-percent loads of carbon nanofibers (CNFs) to tailor mechanical, fire retardancy, and thermal properties. Transmission electron microscopy images show that the CNFs are randomly aligned in the polymer matrix. We show that the thermal conductivity is minimized at a certain percent loading of CNFs due to a large thermal contact resistance between the CNFs and the medium.


2006 ◽  
Vol 306-308 ◽  
pp. 775-780
Author(s):  
Tung Yang Chen

Effective thermal conductivities of composites consisting of curvilinearly anisotropic inclusions with Kapitza thermal contact resistance between the constituents are considered. We show that the effect of these curvilinearly anisotropic inclusions can be exactly simulated by certain equivalent isotropic or transversely isotropic inclusions. Three different micromechanical models are employed to estimate the effective thermal conductivity of the composite. Interestingly, all these methods result in the same simple, closed-form expression.


2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 096369351802700
Author(s):  
Tao Huang ◽  
Yimin Yao ◽  
Gang Zhang ◽  
Fanling Meng

With the development of polymer-filled composites, the demand of high thermal conductivity materials is much attractive than ever. However, the process of a common method to improve thermal conductivity of composites is considerably complicated. The aim of this study is to investigate thermal conductivity of epoxy filled silver nanoparticle deposited aluminum nitride nanoparticles with relatively convenient process. We found that the thermal conductivities of composites filled with AlN/Ag nanoparticles are effectively enhanced, which is enormously increased from 0.48 Wm-1K-1(1.88 vol%) to 3.66 Wm-1K-1 (19.54 vol%). This can be ascribed to the bridging connections of silver nanoparticle among aluminum nitride nanoparticles. In addition, the thermal contact resistance of the epoxy composites filler with AlN/Ag nanoparticles is decreased, which is proved by the fitting measured thermal conductivity of epoxy composite with one physical model. We believe the finding has great potential for any microelectronic application.


Author(s):  
Ehsan Sadeghi ◽  
Scott Hsieh ◽  
Majid Bahrami

Accurate information on heat transfer and temperature distribution in metal foams is necessary for design and modeling of thermal-hydraulic systems incorporating metal foams. The analysis of this process requires determination of the effective thermal conductivity as well as the thermal contact resistance (TCR) associated with the interface between the metal foams and adjacent surfaces/layers. In the present study, a test bed that allows the separation of effective thermal conductivity and thermal contact resistance in metal foams is described. Measurements are performed in a vacuum under varying compressive loads using ERG Duocel aluminum foam samples with different porosities and pore densities. Also, a graphical method associated with a computer code is developed to demonstrate the distribution of contact spots and estimate the real contact area at the interface. Our results show that the porosity and the effective thermal conductivity remain unchanged with the variation of compression in the range of 0 to 2 MPa; but TCR decreases significantly with pressure due to an increase in the real contact area at the interface. Moreover, the ratio of real to nominal contact area varies between 0 to 0.013, depending upon the compressive force, porosity, and surface characteristics.


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