Abstract
A three-dimensional computational model based on the finite element method was developed to predict the thermal properties of randomly distributed multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT)/polymer composites. The numerical results agree very well with the experimental data for MWCNT/epoxy composites with the MWCNT loading below ~10 vol% at the interfacial thermal resistance of ~1.0×10-8 m2K/W, which may give insight into the relationship between the thermal behavior of MWCNT-matrix interfaces and the thermal conductivity of composites. This model is also a useful tool to evaluate the effects of MWCNT-matrix interfacial thermal resistance, volume fraction, thermal conductivity and diameter of MWCNTs on the thermal conductivity of other types of MWCNT/ polymer composites.
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