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Investigation of heat transfer in metal-foam tubes [PDF]

, 2008
This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.Nowadays metallic foams attract increasing attention in making compact heat exchangers due to its advanced thermal properties.
Lu, Wei
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Comparative study on heat transfer enhancement of metal foam and fins in a shell-and-tube latent heat thermal energy storage unit

Energy Storage and Saving, 2023
: Metal foam and fins are two popular structures that are employed to enhance the heat transfer of phase change materials in shell-and-tube heat storage units.
Shuai Zhang, Ziyuan Li, Yuying Yan, Mark Alston, Limei Tian   +4 more
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Comparative Study of the Thermal Enhancement for Spacecraft PCM Thermal Energy Storage Units

Aerospace, 2022
To access the enhancement effect of the topology optimization and porous foam structure, numerical studies were conducted to investigate the heat conduction enhancement (by metal foam, graphite foam, topologically optimized fins, and combinations of ...
Shisong Wang, Xu Hou, Jianbao Yin, Yuming Xing, Zixian Wang   +4 more
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Comparative study of several different modeling methods for clossed- cell metal foam

Journal of Aeronautical Materials, 2020
In order to study the uniaxial compression properties of closed-cell metal foam, three different modeling methods were used in this paper to establish 2D random cell, 3D Kelvin and 3D voronoi metal foam model.
GUO Yazhou, LIU Xiaochuan, BAI Chunyu, ZHENG Zhijun, WANG Jizhen   +4 more
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Experimental Optimization of Metal Foam Structural Parameters to Improve the Performance of Open-Cathode Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell

Frontiers in Thermal Engineering, 2022
Using metal foam as a flow field structure is an attractive route to improve the performance of open-cathode PEMFC. Metal foam has shown great potential in improving the uniformity of reactants, but optimized structure parameters that can more ...
Zixuan Wang, Linhao Fan, Siyuan Wu, Chasen Tongsh, Yanyi Zhang, Zirong Yang, Qing Du, Dong Hao, Feikun Zhou, Kui Jiao   +9 more
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Numerical analysis of the heat transfer enhancement by using metal foam

Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2023
Forced convection heat transfer in metal foam pipe under uniform heat flux was investigated numerically. Water has been used as the fluid medium in numerical simulations with copper metal foam. The test sample used metal foam for four cases (A, B, C, and
Raad Mohammed Kadhim Ali, Sajida Lafta Ghashim   +1 more
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Comparison on the heat transfer performance and entropy analysis on miniature loop thermosyphon with screen mesh wick and metal foam

Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2022
Comparison on the heat transfer performance (HTP) of copper screen mesh wick and metal foam inserted evaporator section of miniature loop thermosyphon is experimentally investigated.
Stephen Manova, Lazarus Godson Asirvatham, Appadurai Anitha Angeline, Sheno Jerbin, Jefferson Raja Bose, Rajesh Nimmagadda, Russel Jayaseelan, Somchai Wongwises   +7 more
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The Effect of Pulsed Bipolar Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation Coatings on the Mechanical Properties of Open Cell Aluminium Foams [PDF]

, 2013
Metal foams have attracted wide range of interest from researchers and industries because of their unique combinations of properties. Of particular interest, open cell metallic foams have good weight-specific mechanical properties, and improvements could
Abdulla, Taha
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Boomoon, A sense of temporal delirium [PDF]

, 2018
Essay on Boomoon as part of the 50th issue of Foam Magazine, celebrating the beauty and vital role water plays in our lives. It brings into focus the value that is added to this liquid, either as a ritualistic cleanser or as a forceful means of feeding ...
Clark, Tim, FOAM Magazine
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Physical property and failure mechanism of self-piercing riveting joints between foam metal sandwich composite aluminum plate and aluminum alloy

Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 2022
Self-piercing riveting is a promising method to join thin-wall structures in the automobile industry, especially for the connection of different materials.
Zhi-Chao Huang, Yu-Kuan Zhang, Yong-Cheng Lin, Yu-Qiang Jiang   +3 more
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