Understanding the porosity dependence of heat flux through glass fiber insulation

  • Authors:

  • Samir Roy;Michael Junk;S. Sundar

  • Affiliations:

  • FB Mathematik, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern 67653, Germany and Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India;FB Mathematik und Statistik, Universität Konstanz, Konstanz 78457, Germany;Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India

  • Venue:
  • Mathematical and Computer Modelling: An International Journal
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

In this paper, we describe the mathematical modeling of heat flow across a glass fiber medium. Using different mathematical models we try to explain the porosity dependence of the heat flow which is observed in experiments.