Research Article

Thermal Conductivity of Carbon Nanoreinforced Epoxy Composites

Table 3

Micromechanical models tested for nanoreinforced polymers.

GroupModelEquationNotes

TCIRule of MixturesParallel 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

TCIIHalpin-Tsai, GNPs:

MWCNTs:
Lewis-Nielsen
, 
GNPs:
,
MWCNTs:
,

TCIIIPrasher, GNPs:
 m2 K/W [16] 
MWCNTs:
 m2 K/W