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APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING
卷 24, 期 13, 页码 1841-1849出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2003.12.011
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effective thermal conductivity; correlation factor; metallic foams
A resistor model has been presented for easy estimation of effective thermal conductivity (ETC) of highly porous metal foams based on experimental data available. Recently, Calmidi and Mahajan [ASME J. Heat Transfer 121 (1999) 466] and Boomsma and Poulikakos [Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 44 (2001) 827] have presented geometrical models for highly porous metal foams. However, our approach is based on numerical simulations in which ETC of a 'random two-phase medium is being comprised of contributions from both the phases. To take account of highly conducting phase, non-linear flow of heat flux lines and random distribution of the phases, a correlation term F is introduced. An effort is being made to correlate the values of F estimated numerically, in terms of ratios of thermal conductivity of the constituent phases and the porosity of the matrix. Best fitted relation for F is presented here. A very good agreement is observed between estimated results with experimental data available in the literature [Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 45 (2002) 1017]. Comparison of the proposed relation with different models [Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 44 (2001) 827, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 45 (2002) 1017] has also been made. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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