Thermal Conductivity Computations of Sintered Hollow Sphere Structures
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methodology and Material
2.1. Numerical Modeling
2.2. Material
3. Numerical Results
3.1. Convergence Analysis
Elements | Nodes | Mesh density | V3D | VFE | |ΔV| | λ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
[−] | [−] | [Elements/Vvoxels] | [−] | [−] | [−] | [%] |
212941 | 90151 | 0.30 | 0.149 | 0.15 | 0.00671 | 9.15 |
343344 | 154412 | 0.49 | 0.149 | 0.15 | 0.00671 | 9.14 |
622385 | 311255 | 0.88 | 0.149 | 0.149 | 0 | 9.05 |
1489933 | 790252 | 2.13 | 0.149 | 0.149 | 0 | 9.05 |
2509508 | 1424344 | 3.57 | 0.149 | 0.149 | 0 | 9.03 |
5114321 | 3136257 | 7.14 | 0.149 | 0.149 | 0 | 9.03 |
3.2. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
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Veyhl, C.; Fiedler, T.; Herzig, T.; Öchsner, A.; Bernthaler, T.; Belova, I.V.; Murch, G.E. Thermal Conductivity Computations of Sintered Hollow Sphere Structures. Metals 2012, 2, 113-121. https://doi.org/10.3390/met2020113
Veyhl C, Fiedler T, Herzig T, Öchsner A, Bernthaler T, Belova IV, Murch GE. Thermal Conductivity Computations of Sintered Hollow Sphere Structures. Metals. 2012; 2(2):113-121. https://doi.org/10.3390/met2020113
Chicago/Turabian StyleVeyhl, Christoph, Thomas Fiedler, Tobias Herzig, Andreas Öchsner, Timo Bernthaler, Irina V. Belova, and Graeme E. Murch. 2012. "Thermal Conductivity Computations of Sintered Hollow Sphere Structures" Metals 2, no. 2: 113-121. https://doi.org/10.3390/met2020113