Modelling of Hybrid Materials and Interface Defects through Homogenization Approach for the Prediction of Effective Thermal Conductivity of FRP Composites Using Finite Element Method

Table 2

% Error between macro- and micromechanics approaches for composite with alternate layers of fibres fully debonded.

Vf	𝐾𝑓/𝐾𝑚 = 0.74		𝐾𝑓/𝐾𝑚 = 4.03		𝐾𝑓/𝐾𝑚 = 526.32		𝐾𝑓/𝐾𝑚 = 5263.2		𝐾𝑓/𝐾𝑚 = 𝛼
	𝐾2	𝐾3	𝐾2	𝐾3	𝐾2	𝐾3	𝐾2	𝐾3	𝐾2	𝐾3
	% Error	% Error	% Error	% Error	% Error	% Error	% Error	% Error	% Error	% Error
0.1	0.01	0.02	0.10	0.10	0.07	0.12	0.09	0.11	0.09	0.10
0.2	0.01	0.13	0.37	0.34	0.35	0.43	0.35	0.43	0.34	0.44
0.3	0.06	0.26	0.82	0.77	0.82	0.88	0.82	0.88	0.82	0.88
0.4	0.20	0.41	1.37	1.34	1.38	1.51	1.39	1.51	1.40	1.51
0.5	0.31	0.88	1.89	1.93	1.92	2.27	1.93	2.28	1.94	2.28
0.6	0.75	0.87	2.24	2.30	2.28	2.53	2.30	2.54	2.30	2.54
0.7	1.45	1.82	2.03	2.08	1.97	3.08	1.96	3.09	1.97	3.09