Thermal Analysis of Particulate Filled Polymer Composite

Abstract

In the past few decades, a lot of experiments had been done to identify the thermal conductivity of particulate filled polymer composites. The trend had resulted in creation of increased thermal and mechanical properties particulate composites. In the present research work, the thermal conductivity of aluminium filled polymer composite was identified by three way approach, viz, experimental, analytical and finally by FEM – Ansys. Various filler concentration was taken and the thermal conductivity was identified for each unique case and the values were further compared with other methods for verifying the experimental data. The analysis shows that addition of aluminium particulates increases the thermal conductivity of the composites, thereby improving its heat transfer capability.