低温下粗糙表面接触间隙气体热导的研究

对低温非真空环境下粗糙接触界面间隙中介质气体的传热进行了理论分析．依据克努森数的大小,建立了不同传热区域的间隙气体热导理论模型．并对影响接触界面间隙热导的克努森数、普朗特数、热导率、适应系数、压力等参数进行了分析,为实际情况下接触界面的传热提供了理论基础．而且通过实验证明了在界面接触压力较小的情况下,即使对于硬度较小导热性能好的接触固体,间隙气体的导热量仍大于通过实际接触点的导热量．     

THERMAL CONTACT CONDUCTANCE OF SILICON NITRIDE-COATED OFHC COPPER CONTACTS

An experimental investigation was conducted to study the degree to which the thermal contact conductance at the interface of OFHC copper contacts could be reduced through the use of sputtered silicon nitride films. The experimental results are presented graphically to illustrate the dimensionless thermal contact conductance of both coated and uncoated OFHC copper contacts as a function of contact pressure. Silicon nitride coating on OFHC copper reduces the contact conductance by almost four times.     

Measurement and Prediction of Thermal Contact Resistance Across Coated Joints

An integrated experimental and numerical investigation of the thermal contact resistance across two nominally flat, coated metallic engineering surfaces in contact is presented. The model consists of a surface deformation computation, which determines the actual contact area and number of contacting asperities at a joint, and a constriction resistance analysis, which determines the constriction resistance through each individual contacting asperity. Predictions from the model are validated against experiments conducted for the purpose. The experiments are performed according to a “design of experiments” approach and evaluated using statistical regression. Three substrates (copper, brass, and aluminum) and three coatings (silver, nickel, and tin) are considered with a variety of coating thicknesses and substrate roughnesses. The contact load is also varied. The experimental measurements show that the best choice of a coating for contact resistance mitigation depends on the substrate material and roughness, and it cannot be prescribed in general. A regression equation developed for the experimental results offers a useful tool for the design of coated contacts. The measured results agree well with predicted values from the numerical model, especially in cases of a rough substrate or hard coating.     

高定向热解石墨表面局域导电增强现象的扫描探针显微学研究

基于导电型原子力显微镜和扫描隧道显微镜的对比观察,研究高定向热解石墨表面上残留石墨片的导电增强现象.根据样品电阻的测量数据,将这种现象归结为导电针尖与石墨表面的点接触问题,并且发现接触电导和接触点处局域的电子密度成正比,从而确定石墨表面的局域导电增强现象的原因在于残留在石墨表面的石墨片具有较高的电子密度. 关键词： 扫描隧道显微镜 导电原子力显微镜 高定向热解石墨 导电性     

低温固体界面间接触导热“hysteresis”现象的研究

文中以强化低温固体界面间的接触导热为出发点 ,实验测定了低温环境下两种金属界面在过度加载前后的接触热导值 ,指出过度加载是一种经济有效的强化导热方法 ,对卸载过程接触热导率大于同次加载过程接触热导的“hysteresis”现象产生机理进行了分析     

反复加载情况下低温固体界面间接触导热的研究

文中从固体界面间接触热阻形成机理出发,提出了一种强化接触导热的方法,给出了低温真空环境下,两种金属界面间在反复加载情况下的接触热阻值,对卸载过程接触热导率大于同次加载过程接触热导的实验现象产生机理进行了分析,并指出了下一步的研究方向     

用分形理论研究低温条件下Al-Al界面间的接触导热现象

界面形貌是固体界面间接触导热的最主要影响因素 ,传统的形貌表征参数与仪器的分辨率和取样长度密切相关 ,因而基于这些参数的常规接触导热模型显然是尺度相关的。分形网络模型利用粗糙表面处处连续却不可微的分形特征 ,采用与尺度无关的分形参数 ,揭示了接触导热的本质 ,为准确预测接触热导开辟了一条新的途径。实验测定了粗糙表面的分形参数和低温条件下 Al50 52 - Al50 52界面间的接触热导 ,将接触热导的实验值与分形网络模型的预测结果进行了比较 ,并就接触热导与压力、分形参数和温度之间的关系进行了分析 ,指出分形网络模型的预测精度与分形参数相关联。     

Effects of contact shape on ballistic phonon transport in semiconductor nanowires

We study the effects of contact shape on ballistic phonon transport in semiconductor nanowires at low temperatures using an approximative scalar model of continuum elasticity. Five different contacts connected to two semiconductor nanowires with different transverse widths are discussed. Numerical results show that the contact shape acts as an ‘acoustic impedance adaptor’, playing a crucial role on the ballistic phonon transmission and thermal conductance. The phonon coupling in the contacts with certain length facilitates ballistic phonon transmission compared to the abrupt interface, in which the phonon scattering is the strongest. It is found that the more the contact is abrupt, the smaller the thermal conductance is. The catenoidal contact rather than the abrupt interface is also the competitive candidate to obtain bigger thermal conductance. These results indicate that choosing an appropriate contact shape is one of the most critical factors to accurately measure the thermal conductance with a very high precision and reliability in different temperature ranges at low temperatures.     

二极管端面抽运固体激光器晶体棒与热沉接触热导研究

二极管端面抽运固体激光器中,圆棒晶体采用金属热沉夹持并散热,晶体侧面受到的压力呈非轴对称分布.建立了此状态下晶体棒与热沉间无热界面物质、采用厚度为平均间隙厚度和远大于平均间隙厚度的热界面物质三种情况下接触热导模型.针对前两种模型,采用截断高斯模型和塑性形变模型,讨论了接触热导与装配压力、等效均方根粗糙度的关系.建立了晶体棒与热沉的接触散热模型,对高斯型热耗分布,采用有限元法得到了无热界面物质和采用铟箔作为热界面物质时晶体棒温度的空间分布.结果表明:无热界面物质时,晶体棒与热沉间接触热导随圆心角变化较大,其 关键词： 激光二极管端面抽运固体激光器 热效应 有限元法 接触热导     

Thermal transport in multiwall carbon nanotube buckypapers

A steady-state electro-Raman-thermal (SERT) technique is developed to characterize the thermal transport in multiwall carbon nanotube (MWCNT) buckypapers. This SERT technique involves steady-state joule heating of a suspended sample and measuring its middle point temperature based on Raman shift intensity. The thermal conductivity is determined from linear fitting of the temperature against heating power. Combined with the transient-electro-thermal technique, the thermophysical properties of two MWCNT buckypapers are characterized as 1.19 and 2.92 W/(m K) for thermal conductivity, 3.65×¹⁰−6 and 7.58×¹⁰−6 m²/s for thermal diffusivity, 459 and 543 kg/m³ for density. Detailed discussion and analysis are provided about the uncertainty of the SERT technique and its capacity for measuring wires down to sub-μm length. The low thermal conductivity of the buckypaper indicates its thermal transport is determined by the thermal contact resistance between MWCNTs. These contact points feature low thermal conductance. The mean distance between two adjacent contact points is estimated in the order 45-450 μm and 93-933 μm for the two samples, indicating low-density contacts within the buckypaper.     

Contact heat transfer between dissimilar materials

The exact solution of the thermoelasticity problem obtained by the authors for a cylinder, one of whose end surfaces is heated while the other is cooled, is used for the first time to quantitatively describe the influence of the magnitude and direction of the heat flux on the contact thermal resistance. It is shown that appreciable macrowaviness of the original flat contacting surfaces can appear as a result of thermal expansion of the contacting samples when heat flows through the contact. Reversing the direction of the heat flux causes changes in the shape of the macrowaviness and in the contact thermal resistance. Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 67, 1–6 (February 1997)     

Thermal properties of transition-metal dichalcogenide

Beyond graphene, the layered transition metal dichalcogenides(TMDs) have gained considerable attention due to their unique properties. Herein, we review the lattice dynamic and thermal properties of monolayer TMDs, including their phonon dispersion, relaxation time, mean free path(MFP), and thermal conductivities. In particular, the experimental and theoretical studies reveal that the TMDs have relatively low thermal conductivities due to the short phonon group velocity and MFP, which poses a significant challenge for efficient thermal management of TMDs-based devices. Importantly,recent studies have shown that this issue could be largely addressed by connecting TMDs and other materials(such as metal electrode and graphene) with chemical bonds, and a relatively high interfacial thermal conductance(ITC) could be achieved at the covalent bonded interface. The ITC of MoS_2/Au interface with chemical edge contact is more than 10 times higher than that with physical side contact. In this article, we review recent advances in the study of TMD-related ITC.The effects of temperature, interfacial vacancy, contact orientation, and phonon modes on the edge-contacted interface are briefly discussed.     

Correlations of Thermal Contact Conductance for Nominally Flat Metallic Contact in Vacuum

Heat transfer experiments were performed in a vacuum environment (0.045 torr) to find out solid spot contact conductance for nominally flat surfaces of copper, brass, and stainless steel with different surface roughnesses (1–5 μm) for each specimen under several load conditions (0.6–15 MPa). A precise estimation of thermal contact conductance for the interface of sets of similar materials has been carried out employing a steady-state approach. Results have been compared with the theoretical models based on plastic and elastic deformation based theories for nominally flat metallic contacts. It has been demonstrated that a dire need exists to develop an experimentally based generalized correlation of thermal contact conductance for nominally flat metallic contacts that can be used by design engineers as well as for research purposes in different fields. Along with the generalized correlation, a specific correlation for thermal contact conductance has been proposed for three sets of materials. The thermal contact conductance of each set of materials presented in the form of specific correlations for different roughness parameters is one of the most important outcomes of the present research.     

固-固接触热传导的声子传递系数

声子传递系数是影响低温接触界面热传导的重要因素,文中对中间低温(20K~200K)接触传导模型的声子传递系数进行了讨论,分析了接触界面温差、弹性镜面传递和散射传递下的声子传递系数;还讨论了热流方向对声子传递系数的影响;指出了声失配理论预测值与实验值间存在差别的可能原因。该讨论对分析接触热传导有一定意义。     

ESTIMATION OF THERMAL CONTACT CONDUCTANCE DURING RESISTANCE SPOT WELDING

This article describes an experimental procedure conducted to estimate and investigate the transient thermal contact conductance (or thermal contact resistance) between the electrodes and workpieces during resistance spot welding. A fine thermal metrology was developed to collect thermal histories near the welding region. Indeed, the electrode tip was instrumented with several interior microthermocouples for measuring the transient temperature response during the welding process. A simple mathematical model, using an inverse heat transfer method, was built for the estimation of the transient heat transfer coefficient from interior transient temperature measurements. A simple resistance welding case of two steel sheets was investigated. The initial transient values of thermal contact conductance were found to be in agreement with those observed in the dry copper–steel solid contact case. At the end of the process, the transient heat transfer coefficient reaches a high value corresponding to the best heat transfer phenomenon at the interface during the welding process. When the metal is melted, the contact quality increases due to the high-applied electrode force. Higher electrode force and heating temperatures produce lower thermal contact resistance. The results obtained show the capabilities and the power of the coupled thermal metrology and transient inverse technique developed to investigate thermal history of resistance spot welding.     

接触构型及电极距离对4,4’-二巯基二苯醚分子电输运性质的影响

利用从头计算方法和弹性散射格林函数的方法,对4,4'-二巯基二苯醚分子电输运特性的研究结果显示,分子与电极之间接触点的构型以及两电极之间的距离对4,4'-二巯基二苯醚分子的电输运性质都有很大影响.电流随电极距离的变化与耦合系数的变化存在着密切关系.分子末端硫原子处于金原子的顶位上时电流的开启电压很小,而处在金(111)面的空位上时约有1.0V左右电流禁区.与实验结果相比,硫原子更可能处在金(111)面的空位上方.     

Modulated thermal transport for flexural and in-plane phonons in double-stub graphene nanoribbons

Thermal transport properties are investigated for out-of-plane phonon modes(FPMs) and in-plane phonon modes(IPMs) in double-stub graphene nanoribbons(GNRs). The results show that the quantized thermal conductance plateau of FPMs is narrower and more easily broken by the double-stub structure. In the straight GNRs, the thermal conductance of FPMs is higher in the low temperature region due to there being less cut-off frequency and more low-frequency excited modes. In contrast, the thermal conductance of IPMs is higher in the high temperature region because of the wider phonon energy spectrum. Furthermore, the thermal transport of two types of phonon modes can be modulated by the double-stub GNRs, the thermal conductance of FPMs is less than that of IPMs in the low temperatures, but it dominates the contribution to the total thermal conductance in the high temperatures. The modulated thermal conductance can provide a guideline for designing high-performance thermal or thermoelectric nanodevices based on graphene.     

Contact charging between surfaces of identical insulating materials in asymmetric geometries

The charging that occurs when a pair of insulating surfaces of identical chemical composition are rubbed (i.e. triboelectric charging) remains poorly understood. It is believed that asymmetry in contact plays an important role in this charging. To study this phenomenon, we have developed an experimental methodology that asymmetrically rubs two surfaces by contacting a rotating cylinder with a stationary cylinder – the rubbing is asymmetric in that the contacting area is much greater on the rotating cylinder than on the stationary cylinder. We find that the charge transfer occurs with a spatial distribution of charge, in terms of magnitude and polarity, on the contacted area. The direction of the average charge transfer is material dependent: for Teflon–Teflon contact, the surface with the larger contacting area charges positively, but for Nylon–Nylon contact the surface with the larger contacting area charges negatively. This difference is interpreted as being due to a negatively-charged species transferred in the case of Teflon (electrons or negative ions), but a positively-charged species transferred in the case of Nylon (positive ions).     

Apparent mass of seated man—First determination with a soft seat and dynamic seat pressure distributions

Data of the impedance and/or the apparent mass of the sitting human body during the exposure to whole-body vibration in z-direction using rigid seats were standardized in the ISO 5982. These data are available as target functions for model developments. Models developed on this data basis should also apply to driver seats with a soft seat and backrest cushion, although the qualitative different contact conditions were neglected. Due to insufficient technical prerequisites, the determination of forces at the interface between subject and soft seat was impossible until very recently. Results of studies during static conditions showed clear differences in the pressure distributions between the rigid and the soft contact areas. In this experimental study pressure distributions on a seat cushion were measured during whole-body vibration in z-direction (random signal in the frequency range between 0.3 and 20 Hz, vibration magnitudes 0.25, 0.8, and 1.6 m s⁻² unweighted root mean square measured at the seat base) with a sampling rate of 32 m s. The apparent masses were calculated by the forces derived from the pressure distributions and accelerations measured at one point of the seat cushion near the buttocks. The moduli of the apparent masses derived for the soft seat were clearly lower than those determined for a rigid seat. These apparent masses showed a similar dependence on the vibration magnitude as the apparent mass functions derived in the usual way for rigid seats. Factors that could explain differences between the apparent mass functions derived for the soft and rigid seat were discussed and evaluated. The data of this study indicate the possibility and necessity to consider the contact conditions at the interface when deriving target functions for the model development. Recommendations for technical improvements and further experimental studies with driver seats were derived.     

Photon-mediated thermal relaxation of electrons in nanostructures

Measurements of the thermal properties of nanoscale electron systems have ignored the effect of electrical noise radiated between the electron gas and the environment, through the electrical leads. Here we calculate the effect of this photon-mediated process, and show that the low-temperature thermal conductance is equal to the quantum of thermal conductance, GQ = pi2kB2T/3h, times a coupling coefficient. We find that, at very low temperatures, the photon conductance is the dominant route for thermal equilibration, while at moderate temperatures this relaxation mode adds one quantum of thermal conductance to that due to phonon transport.