Heat Conduction Analysis of Randomly Dispersed Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Abstract

This thesis studies the effective thermal conductivity of randomly oriented, percolated carbon nanotubes. To that end, a multiscale analysis approach was adopted. At the nanoscale, molecular dynamics simulation was performed to determine the thermal conductivity coefficient of a single carbon nanotube. Then, thermal conductivity of two carbon nanotubes positioned at different angles were studied after determining the equilibrium positions of the two nanotubes at various relative positions. Finally, using the data obtained in the previous analyses, the effective thermal conductivity of randomly oriented carbon nanotubes was calculated using the finite element model where each nanotube was modeled as a continuous rod.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA470059

Entities

People

  • Eric D. Felder

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Band Structures
  • Carbon Nanotubes
  • Composite Materials
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Fullerenes
  • Graphene
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Mathematical Models
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Molecular Dynamics
  • Nanotechnology
  • Physical Properties
  • Thermal Conductivity

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Nanocomposite Materials Science
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.