Effects of pressure on thermal contact resistance for rough mating surfaces

M. Z. Abdullah,; Y. C. Yau,; Z. A. Zainal Alauddin, and; K. N. Seetharamu

doi:10.29037/ajstd.308

ASEAN Journal on Science and Technology for Development (Nov 2017)

Effects of pressure on thermal contact resistance for rough mating surfaces

M. Z. Abdullah,,
Y. C. Yau,,
Z. A. Zainal Alauddin, and,
K. N. Seetharamu

Affiliations

M. Z. Abdullah,: School of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia Transkrian Engineering Campus, Penang, Malaysia
Y. C. Yau,: School of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia Transkrian Engineering Campus, Penang,
Z. A. Zainal Alauddin, and: School of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia Transkrian Engineering Campus, Penang,
K. N. Seetharamu: School of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia Transkrian Engineering Campus, Penang,

DOI: https://doi.org/10.29037/ajstd.308
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 18, no. 2

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Thermal contact resistance has been studied experimentally to investigate the effect of pressure between two aluminium or two brass rough surfaces at three different heat flux levels. Three different rough surfaces are considered in the range of 2.63 to 40.69μm. It is demonstrated that the thermal contact resistance reduces significantly with pressure for both materials, the harder material gives higher thermal contact resistance as expected

Published in ASEAN Journal on Science and Technology for Development

ISSN: 0217-5460 (Print); 2224-9028 (Online)
Publisher: Universiti Brunei Darussalam
Country of publisher: Brunei Darussalam
LCC subjects: Technology: Technology (General); Science: Science (General)
Website: https://ajstd.ubd.edu.bn/journal/

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