Research Article
Thermal Conductivity of Carbon Nanoreinforced Epoxy Composites
Table 3
Micromechanical models tested for nanoreinforced polymers.
| Group | Model | Equation | Notes |
| TCI | Rule of Mixtures | Parallel model: | Parallel model: perfect contact between particles | Basic series model: | Basic series model: no contact between particles | Geometric mean model:
| Geometric mean model: no contact between particles |
| TCII | Halpin-Tsai | , | GNPs: MWCNTs:
| Lewis-Nielsen | , | GNPs: , MWCNTs: , |
| TCIII | Prasher | , | GNPs: m2 K/W [16] MWCNTs: m2 K/W |
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