Numerical prediction of the effective thermal conductivity of open- and closed-cell foam structures

• Main Authors: Hosseini, Seyed Mohammad Hossein, Ochsner, Andreas, Fiedler, Thomas
• Format: Article
• Published: Trans Tech Publications 2010
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/26286/; http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/DDF.297-301.1210
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

This paper investigates the thermal properties of metallic open-cell and closed-cell foam structures in space filling and non-space filling configurations. In both, i.e. open-cell and closed-cell structures, a linear trend depending on the relative density has been reported. However the closed-cell...