Thermal Conduction of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Under Loading

Thermal performance of an epoxy resin reinforced by carbon fibers is studied by numerical simulation method. Various carbon fiber structures are taken into consideration and the effective thermal conductivity of the composite carbon fiber waved structure is obtained. The influences of the number, size, shape, spacing and arrangement of the carbon fibers on the thermal conduction of the composites are analyzed. The deformation of the composite under mechanical loading and the corresponding the thermal conductivity of the carbon fiber-reinforced epoxy resin are also investigated.