New measurements of the thermal conductivity of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), BK7,
and Pyrex 7740 are presented. The technique employed is a refined transient hot-wire …

Although in the case of fluids there are several reference correlations of low uncertainty for
thermal conductivity, for solids there are very few and in a restricted temperature range. The …

A novel intelligent algorithm, krill herd (KH), is firstly introduced to solve the inverse
identification of temperature-dependent thermal properties of materials. To promote the …

This paper investigates the accuracy of the step-wise transient (SWT) method and proposes
a modified model that embodies the real-world experimental setup. The presented model …

Fibrous material is a complex porous medium and steady test methods are the main test
approaches we currently depend on to study the heat transfer properties. The application of …

The problem of the estimation of thermal conductivities of multi-layer walls is studied using
genetic algorithms and simulated annealing. Parameter estimation is shown for the cases of …

Individual slabs of different types are used to form composites with either 2-or 3-layer of
various stacking sequences so as to examine whether stacking order has any influence on …

The step-wise transient method is a dynamic thermal testing method with the advantages of
high speed and multi-parameter measurement. However, one area causing a potential error …

Multi-stepwise pulse calorimetry is proposed for accurate, efficient measurements of
thermophysical properties of not only ideal but also practical samples over a wide …

The study deals with the stepwise transient method of thermal conductivity and diffusivity
measurement. The method consists in fitting the theoretical temperature function to the …