Thermal studies on aerogel-filled sandwich composite structures

Aerogel filled composite sandwich has been an area of interest as it offers an excellent insulating properties. When aerogel is coupled together with glass fiber reinforced composites material structure, it makes the structure both strong and highly thermal insulating. In this project, a honeycombed...

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Main Author: Low, Rui Peng
Other Authors: Sunil Chandrakant Joshi
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2014
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-613862023-03-04T19:20:14Z Thermal studies on aerogel-filled sandwich composite structures Low, Rui Peng Sunil Chandrakant Joshi School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering DRNTU::Engineering::Aeronautical engineering::Materials of construction Aerogel filled composite sandwich has been an area of interest as it offers an excellent insulating properties. When aerogel is coupled together with glass fiber reinforced composites material structure, it makes the structure both strong and highly thermal insulating. In this project, a honeycombed curved sandwich structure is made from GFRP/BMI and aerogel. Physical experiment was conducted and the test results were used to validate and define the boundary conditions for the finite element model developed using ANSYS 14.5. Both the simulation and physical experiment suggest that the heat transfer mainly go through the thickness of the panel, only some heat radiated in the radial direction of the panel. A non-destructive thermography test was also conducted and concluded that panel defects will affect the insulation performance of the panel. Bachelor of Engineering (Aerospace Engineering) 2014-06-09T08:59:05Z 2014-06-09T08:59:05Z 2014 2014 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/61386 en Nanyang Technological University 76 p. application/pdf
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Low, Rui Peng
Thermal studies on aerogel-filled sandwich composite structures
description Aerogel filled composite sandwich has been an area of interest as it offers an excellent insulating properties. When aerogel is coupled together with glass fiber reinforced composites material structure, it makes the structure both strong and highly thermal insulating. In this project, a honeycombed curved sandwich structure is made from GFRP/BMI and aerogel. Physical experiment was conducted and the test results were used to validate and define the boundary conditions for the finite element model developed using ANSYS 14.5. Both the simulation and physical experiment suggest that the heat transfer mainly go through the thickness of the panel, only some heat radiated in the radial direction of the panel. A non-destructive thermography test was also conducted and concluded that panel defects will affect the insulation performance of the panel.
author2 Sunil Chandrakant Joshi
author_facet Sunil Chandrakant Joshi
Low, Rui Peng
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author Low, Rui Peng
author_sort Low, Rui Peng
title Thermal studies on aerogel-filled sandwich composite structures
title_short Thermal studies on aerogel-filled sandwich composite structures
title_full Thermal studies on aerogel-filled sandwich composite structures
title_fullStr Thermal studies on aerogel-filled sandwich composite structures
title_full_unstemmed Thermal studies on aerogel-filled sandwich composite structures
title_sort thermal studies on aerogel-filled sandwich composite structures
publishDate 2014
url http://hdl.handle.net/10356/61386
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