posted on 2016-06-15, 08:56authored byGiuseppe Forte, Sanjay Rastogi, Sara Ronca
Laser-flash thermal analysis has been applied to measure the thermal diffusivity of highly oriented samples of Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene. Due to the anisotropy of the sample, in-plane measurements are required instead of through-plane ones.
Funding
This project has been funded by the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC), grant EP/K034405/1.
History
School
Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering
Department
Materials
Published in
VIII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON “TIMES OF POLYMERS AND COMPOSITES”: FROM AEROSPACE TO NANOTECHNOLOGY
Citation
FORTE, G., RASTOGI, S. and RONCA, S., 2016. Laser-flash in-plane thermal analysis: the case of oriented UHMWPE. IN: Proceedings of 2016 8th International Conference on 'Times of Polymers and Composites': from Aerospace to Nanotechnology, Naples, Italy, 19-23 June 2016.
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