Abstract
A series of experiments have been performed to investigate the filler insertion effect on the temperature drop at the wavy contact interface ΔT and the mean thermal contact conductance hm, f. Representative behavior of ΔT against the mean nominal contact pressure pm is clarified, and the effect of an interval of time on ΔT is shown for the silicone filler with thickness δfo=2mm. The silicone elastomer is proved effective to increase hm, f despite its low thermal conductivity. Further, it is shown that hm, f of 0.5mm thick silicone filler becomes two to three times higher than that of bare contact under the unloading process. However, it is also shown that hm, f decreases with increasing δfo, therefore filler insertion with improper thickness results in a reverse effect on increase in hm, f. As for metallic filler insertion using an aluminum or a copper foil, only a little improvement in hm, f is obtained in spite of its high thermal conductivity.
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