Browsing by Subject "thermal conductivity"
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(2011-08-04)With active research projects related to nuclear waste immobilization and high conductivity nuclear fuels, a thermal model has been developed to simulate the temperature profile within a heat generating cylinder in order ...
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Effects of Water Content and Alumino-Silicate Sources on the Structure and Properties of Geopolymers (2012-10-19)Geopolymers (GPs) are a special class of inorganic polymers with unique properties. Their 3-D amorphous structure and properties are often attributed to SiO2/Al2O3 molar ratios. However; contradictory results reported in ...
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(2009-05-15)Through past research, it is known that carbon nanotubes have the potential of enhancing the thermal performance of heat transfer fluids. The research is of importance in electronics cooling, defense, space, transportation ...
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(2009-06-02)The present work provides a micromechanics approach based on the generalized self-consistent composite cylinders method as a non-Eshelby approach towards for assessing the impact of carbon nanotubes on the multi-functional ...
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(2013-02-06)The Accelerator Research Laboratory at Texas A&M is proposing a design for accelerator-driven subcritical fission in molten salt (ADSMS), a system that destroys the transuranic elements in used nuclear fuel. The transuranics ...
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(2012-10-19)The thermal efficiency of concentrated solar power (CSP) system depends on the maximum operating temperature of the system which is determined by the operating temperature of the TES device. Organic materials (such as ...
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(2011-10-21)This thesis describes the synthesis of a low modulus, thermally conductive thermal interface materials (TIM) using metal decorated nanotubes as fillers. TIMs are very important in electronics because they act as a ...
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(2010-10-12)Thermal properties of one dimensional nanostructures are of interest for thermoelectric energy conversion. Thermoelectric efficiency is related to non dimensional thermoelectric figure of merit, ZT=S^2 o T/k, where S ,o , ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)The thermal conductivity, thermopower, and electrical resistivity of (R1.5Ce0.5)RuSr2Cu2O10-delta (R=Gd, Eu) polycrystalline samples with different oxygen doping level are investigated in temperature range 1.8-300 K. Much ...