• myGriffith
    • Staff portal
    • Contact Us⌄
      • Future student enquiries 1800 677 728
      • Current student enquiries 1800 154 055
      • International enquiries +61 7 3735 6425
      • General enquiries 07 3735 7111
      • Online enquiries
      • Staff phonebook
    View Item 
    •   Home
    • Griffith Research Online
    • Journal articles
    • View Item
    • Home
    • Griffith Research Online
    • Journal articles
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Browse

  • All of Griffith Research Online
    • Communities & Collections
    • Authors
    • By Issue Date
    • Titles
  • This Collection
    • Authors
    • By Issue Date
    • Titles
  • Statistics

  • Most Popular Items
  • Statistics by Country
  • Most Popular Authors
  • Support

  • Contact us
  • FAQs
  • Admin login

  • Login
  • On a finite element approach to predict the thermal conductivity of carbon fiber reinforced composite materials

    Author(s)
    Makvandi, Resam
    Oechsner, Andreas
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Oechsner, Andreas
    Year published
    2014
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Abstract
    New applications for carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are emerging every day. CNTs are mostly used as the reinforcing phase in polymer composites. Recently, their application in improving the conductivity of these composites has attracted a lot of researchers. Considering helping to have a more realistic view of their reinforcing ability, this paper investigates the effect of nanotubes arbitrary orientations on the reinforced composite thermal conductivity. Two cases, i.e. the case when all the fibers are aligned and the case when the fibers are distributed with arbitrary orientations have been studied. Also, the effect of volume ...
    View more >
    New applications for carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are emerging every day. CNTs are mostly used as the reinforcing phase in polymer composites. Recently, their application in improving the conductivity of these composites has attracted a lot of researchers. Considering helping to have a more realistic view of their reinforcing ability, this paper investigates the effect of nanotubes arbitrary orientations on the reinforced composite thermal conductivity. Two cases, i.e. the case when all the fibers are aligned and the case when the fibers are distributed with arbitrary orientations have been studied. Also, the effect of volume fraction value on the reinforcing capability of the inclusions is investigated. It is shown that the fibers orientation has an unfavorable effect on the composites conductivity and decreases it in comparison with the case when all the fibers are aligned and parallel to the heat flux. Furthermore, increasing the volume fraction also increases the thermal conductivity.
    View less >
    Journal Title
    Defect and Diffusion Forum
    Volume
    354
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/DDF.354.215
    Subject
    Numerical Modelling and Mechanical Characterisation
    Condensed Matter Physics
    Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural)
    Materials Engineering
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/64180
    Collection
    • Journal articles

    Footer

    Disclaimer

    • Privacy policy
    • Copyright matters
    • CRICOS Provider - 00233E
    • TEQSA: PRV12076

    Tagline

    • Gold Coast
    • Logan
    • Brisbane - Queensland, Australia
    First Peoples of Australia
    • Aboriginal
    • Torres Strait Islander