DOI: 10.1177/002199838702100602 ISSN:
Effective Thermal Conductivity of Composites with Interfacial Thermal Barrier Resistance
D.P.H. Hasselman, Lloyd F. Johnson- Materials Chemistry
- Mechanical Engineering
- Mechanics of Materials
- Ceramics and Composites
A modification of the original theories of Rayleigh and Maxwell permitted the deriva tion of expressions for the effective thermal conductivity of composites consisting of a continuous matrix phase with dilute concentrations of dispersions with spherical, cylin drical and flat plate geometry with a thermal barrier resistance at the interface between the components.