<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>An empirical network model has been developed to predict the in-plane thermal conductivities along arbitrary directions for unidirectional fiber-reinforced composites lamina. Measurements of thermal conductivities along different orientations were carried out. Good agreement was observed between values predicted by the network model and the experimental data; compared with the established analytical models, the newly proposed network model could give values with higher precision. Therefore, this network model is helpful to get a wider and more comprehensive understanding of heat transmission characteristics of fiber-reinforced composites and can be utilized as guidance to design and fabricate laminated composites with specific directional or specific locational thermal conductivities for structures that simultaneously perform mechanical and thermal functions, i.e. multifunctional structures (MFS).</p></abstract>

An empirical network model has been developed to predict the in-plane thermal conductivities along arbitrary directions for unidirectional fiber-reinforced composites lamina. Measurements of thermal conductivities along different orientations were carried out. Good agreement was observed between values predicted by the network model and the experimental data; compared with the established analytical models, the newly proposed network model could give values with higher precision. Therefore, this network model is helpful to get a wider and more comprehensive understanding of heat transmission characteristics of fiber-reinforced composites and can be utilized as guidance to design and fabricate laminated composites with specific directional or specific locational thermal conductivities for structures that simultaneously perform mechanical and thermal functions, i.e. multifunctional structures (MFS).

Network model for thermal conductivities of unidirectional fiber-reinforced composites

College of Aerospace Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, 410073, PR China

Materials Science-Poland

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An empirical network model has been developed to predict the in-plane thermal conductivities along arbitrary directions for unidirectional fiber-reinforced...

Network model for thermal conductivities of unidirectional fiber-reinforced composites

Published Online: Dec 19, 2014

Page range: 533 - 540

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13536-014-0245-6

Keywords
network model, thermal conductivity, fiber-reinforced composites, multifunctional structures (MFS)

© 2014 Wroclaw University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Network model for thermal conductivities of unidirectional fiber-reinforced composites

Published Online: Dec 19, 2014

Page range: 533 - 540

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13536-014-0245-6

Keywordsnetwork model, thermal conductivity, fiber-reinforced composites, multifunctional structures (MFS)

© 2014 Wroclaw University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
network model, thermal conductivity, fiber-reinforced composites, multifunctional structures (MFS)