Analysing effective thermal conductivity of 2D closed-cell foam based on shrunk Voronoi tessellations

• Autorzy: Wang H. , Liu B. , Kang Y.-X. , Qin Q.-H.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Two-dimensional foam is a type of cellular solid materials containing a high volume fraction of pores. The thermal behavior of foam depends strongly on its microscopic structure. In this study, a two-dimensional closed-cell foam model containing randomly distributed air voids and solid walls is designed via a Voronoi diagram enhanced by the shrinking technique to approximately represent the real foam structure. The porosity, pore size and solid wall thickness of the established random foam structure is examined by introducing the so-called shrinking ratio. Subsequently, the effective thermal conductivity of the rebuilt foam model is numerically presented through the finite element analysis. The numerical results obtained are verified by comparison with the available theoretical and experimental results. In the analysis, the effects of porosity, number of pores and thermal conductivity of solid phase in foam structures are investigated respectively to reveal the relationship of geometric parameters and thermal properties of solid phase with effective thermal conductivity of the foam.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

closed-cell foam; microstructure; Voronoi tessellation; shrinking ratio; effective thermal conductivity

• Wydawca: Instytut Podstawowych Problemów Techniki PAN
• Czasopismo: Archives of Mechanics
• Rocznik: 2017
• Tom: Vol. 69, nr 6
• Strony: 451--470
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 42 poz., rys. kolor.

Twórcy

autor

Wang H.

• College of Civil Engineering & Architecture Henan University of Technology Zhengzhou, 450001, China
• Research School of Engineering Australian National University Canberra, 2016, Australia

autor

Liu B.

• College of Civil Engineering & Architecture Henan University of Technology Zhengzhou, 450001, China

autor

Kang Y.-X.

• College of Civil Engineering & Architecture Henan University of Technology Zhengzhou, 450001, China

autor

Qin Q.-H.

• Research School of Engineering Australian National University Canberra, 2016, Australia

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