Heat Transfer in Multi-Phase Materials (eBook)

Part A: Composite Materials.- Continuum Modeling of Diffusive Transport in Inhomogeneous Solids.- Thermal Residual Stresses on Aluminium Matrix Composites.- Heat Conduction in Two-Phase Composite Materials with Three-Dimensional Microstructures and Interfacial Thermal Resistance.- Heat Transfer through Thin Imperfect Interfaces.- Part B: Porous and Cellular Materials.- Heat Transfer in Metal Foams.- Heat Transfer in Graphitic Foams.- Heat Transfer of Polypropylene Foams.- Polymer Composites filled with Inorganic Hollow Micro-Spheres.- Radiative Properties of Two Phase Materials.- Predictions of Effective Thermal Conductivity of Complex Materials.- Lattice Monte Carlo Analysis of Thermal Diffusion in Multi-Phase Materials.- Optimization of a Unit Periodic Cell in Lattice Block Materials Aiming at Thermo-mechanical Applications.- Part C: Consideration of a Fluid.- Thermal Instabilities in a Fluid Saturated Porous Medium.- The Modelling of Local Thermal Non-equilibrium Processes in Porous Media.- High Porosity Cellular Material: Morphology, Boiling & Conjugate Heat Transfer.- A Bio-Inspired Capillary Convection with Encapsulated Phase-Change Particles.