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Prediction of the Effective Thermal Conductivity of Fiber Reinforced Composites Using a Micromechanical Approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 October 2017

A. Sayyidmousavi ,
H. Bougherara ,
S. R. Falahatgar  and
Z. Fawaz
A. Sayyidmousavi*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics Ryerson University Toronto, Canada
H. Bougherara
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Ryerson University Toronto, Canada
S. R. Falahatgar
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Guilan Rasht, Iran
Z. Fawaz
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace Engineering Ryerson University Toronto, Canada
*
*Corresponding author (asayyidmousavi@ryerson.ca)
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Abstract

A novel micromechanical approach is proposed to calculate the effective thermal conductivities of fiber reinforced composite materials. The key advantage of the present formulation is its ability to yield closed form solutions for the effective thermal conductivity of composites in both longitudinal and transverse directions for three dimensional heat transfer problems. The obtained results are in good agreement with the experimental data reported in the literature. When compared with analytical and finite element solutions, the results are seen to be in better agreement with the hexagonal packed array compared to the square packed array which thus represents a more realistic model of the fiber distribution in the matrix medium.

Keywords

Fiber reinforced compositeThermal conductivityHeat transferMicromechanics
Type
Research Article
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Journal of Mechanics , Volume 35 , Issue 2 , April 2019 , pp. 179 - 185
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© The Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 2017 

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