...Cristina Filip; Bertrand Garnier; Florin Danes A state-of-the-art study and a physical and numerical 3D finite element study of anisotropic conduction through composites filled with isometric inclusions of different conductivity were performed by modeling the longitudinal conduction across...

... and the effects of foam thickness on convective transfer are established. Four metal foam specimens are utilized with a relative density of 0.08 and pore density of 20 pores per inch (ppi) in a range of thickness from 6.4 mm to 25.4 mm , in increments of approximately 6 mm . An exact-shape-function finite element...