Thermal Conductivity 26/Thermal Expansion 14

Preface

PLENARY PAPER

• Investigation of Low-Dimensional Thermoelectrics

CHAPTER 1 – THERMAL DIFFUSIVITY

• A New Method for the Temperature Calibration of Laser Flash Systems
• Measurements of the Thermal Diffusivity of Some CaO-AI2O3-SiO2 Containing Slags using the Laser Flash Method
• Simultaneous Thermal Conductivity and Thermal Diffusivity Measurement of Selected Foods

CHAPTER 2 – THEORY

• Graphite, Graphene and Carbon Nanotubes
• Phonon Focusing in Monoclinic and Triclinic Crystals
• Reflection of Acoustic Phonons in Elastically Anisotropic Crystals

CHAPTER 3 – MODELING AND NUMERICAL METHODS

• A FEM Study of Heat Assisted Filament Winding Process
• Determination of Thermal Conductivity of Highly Conducting Materials by Comparative Method using Parameter Estimation Technique
• Two-Dimensional Computational Estimation of Boundary Conditions for a Flat Specimen
• Numerical Study of Transient Conjugated Heat Transfer in Fully Developed Laminar Flow in Duct
• A New Way of Modeling Transport Processes

CHAPTER 4 – THERMOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES

• Chromium Phonon Drag: The Effect of 4.6% Vanadium
• Composition-Profile Basis of Depth Dependent Thermophysical Properties
• Quasi-Steady State Approximation for Thermophysical Property Measurement by Radiation Calorimetry
• Thermophysical and Optical Properties of Semitransparent Materials in the Temperature Range 200°C-1800°C

CHAPTER 5 – METALS AND INTERFACES

• Thermophysical Properties of Mo-47.5 wt% Re Alloy
• Study of Thermal Contact Resistance during Dry Sliding of Metals
• Interfacial Thermal Resistances between Thermally Conductive Adhesive and Copper

CHAPTER 6 – COMPOSITES AND HETEROGENEOUS MATERIALS

• The Effect of Thermal Conductivity Mismatch between Fiber and Matrix for Room Temperature Curing Composites
• Effect of Volume Fraction on Thermal Conductivity of the Epoxy/Glass Composites at Cryogenic Temperatures
• The Importance of the Thermal Conductivity Variation in the SLS Process
• Determination of Thermal Conductivity of Newsprint under Compression

CHAPTER 7 – CERAMICS, GLASSES, INORGANICS

• Thermal Properties and Characteristics of PocoFoam™

CHAPTER 8 – FILMS AND LAYERED STRUCTURES

• Relaxation Behavior of Oriented Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Film by Temperature Wave Analysis
• Effective Thermal Conductivity of Two-Layer Structures

CHAPTER 9 – CALORIMETRIC METHODS

• Microcalorimetric Investigations of Human Tooth Hard Tissues in Thermocycling
• Thermal Conductivity Measurements by Differential Scanning Calorimeter
• Interlaboratory Precision and Bias for Thermal Conductivity and Specific Heat Capacity by Modulated Differential Scanning Calorimetry

CHAPTER 10 – TRANSIENT METHODS

• Application of the Pulse Transient Method for Measuring Thermophysical Properties in Technology
• Inverse Method Applied to the Measurement of the Thermal Conductivity of Powders by a Hot-Wire Technique
• An Identification Procedure for Thermal Transport Properties of Layered Solids by Means of Transient Measurements
• Validation of the Algorithm for Direct Thermal Conductivity Measurement with Modified Hot Wire on Film, Insulation and Liquid
• On the Use of Transient Plane Source Sensors for Studying Materials with Direction Dependent Properties
• Finite Element Analysis of Heat Conduction in a Transient Hot-Strip Setup—Inner and Outer Boundary Effects

CHAPTER 11 – INSULATIONS AND POROUS MATERIALS

• Relative Influence of Heat Transfer Mechanisms on Apparent Thermal Conductivity of Porous Materials
• Influence of Radiation Scattering on Heat Transfer and Determination of Properties of Thermal Insulations
• Report on the First ASTM Interlaboratory Comparison of Vacuum Panels
• A High Temperature Guarded Hot Plate Intercomparison

CHAPTER 12 – REFERENCE MATERIALS

• Thermal Conductivity Certified Reference Materials: Pyrex 7740 and Polymethylmethacrylate
• Collaborative Thermal Conductivity Measurements of Fibrous Glass and Expanded Polystyrene Reference Materials
• Development of a Graphite Reference Material for Thermal Diffusivity Testing

CHAPTER 13 – THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY – FLUIDS AND SPECIAL TOPICS

• An Enhanced Prediction Method for Thermal Conductivity of Organic Compounds and their Mixtures in the Saturated Liquid State
• Thermal Conductivity of Diethylenglicol in Dependence on Water Concentration, Pressure and Temperature

CHAPTER 14 – THERMAL EXPANSION: ITES 14

• Development of a Zero Thermal Expansion Nano Actuator System using Composites and Invar
• Linear Thermal Expansion of a very Fine Grain Graphite
• Edge/End Effects on the Expansion Coefficients of Honeycomb Sandwich Structures
• Comparative Dilatometric and Calorimetric Studies of Phase Transitions in Co
• Theoretical and Experimental Determination of Thermal Expansion of Glass Reinforced Composites at Cryogenic Temperatures

APPENDIX – UPDATED HISTORY OF THE ITCC/ITES CONFERENCES
International Thermal Conductivity Conferences (ITCC) 1961–1997, International Thermal Expansion Symposia (ITES) 1968–1997, ITCC/ITES 1998–2003: Historical Profiles

Author Index
Subject Index