Journal
THERMAL SCIENCE
Volume 17, Issue 5, Pages 1546-1548Publisher
VINCA INST NUCLEAR SCI
DOI: 10.2298/TSCI1305546F
Keywords
silkworm cocoon; heat transfer; hierarchy
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- PAPD (A Project Funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions)
- Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China [12KJB130002]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [10802021, 10972053]
- Nantong Textile Institute of Soochow University
- silk engineering key laboratory of Soochow University
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Silkworm cocoon has a complex hierarchic structure with discontinuity. In this paper, heat transfer through the silkworm cocoon is studied using fractal theory. The fractal approach has been successfully applied to explain the fascinating phenomenon of cocoon survival under extreme temperature environment. A better understanding of heat transfer mechanisms for the cocoon could be beneficial to the design of biomimetic clothes for special applications.
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