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Thermal Behavior
Thermal Behavior
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Mechanical Engineering
Undergraduate 3
05/13/2014

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Define thermal behaviors of materials
Definition
-Heat capacity
-specific heat
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When a material is heated, what happens
Definition
-thermal expansion
-heat flow
Term
Thermal conductivity
Definition
indicates the heat flow rate of certain material
Term
Heat capacity
Definition
Defines the amount of heat required to raise temperature by 1k (=1 Celsius)
Term
Specific heat
Definition
heat capacity per unit mass
Term
Thermal expansion
Definition
Increase the thermal vibration of atoms
Leads to increase in distance between atoms
Term
Thermal conductivity
Definition
Thermal gradient between different heat zone causes heat flow
Free electrons transfer heat rapidly (metal)
Randomized electron spins in ferromagnetic materials
Term
Bonding Force
Definition
Steeper slope at F=0  higher elastic modulus
Term
Bonding Energy
Definition
Deeper well  higher bonding energy
Term
Equilibrium point
Definition
Zero force
Minimum energy
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Highest to lowest for thermal expansion and why
Definition
polymer>metals>ceramics and glasses
b/c ceramics and glasses have deeper wells than other materials (higher bonding energy)higher melting point
-less change in anatomic distance with increasing temp
-higher elastic modulus
Term
Weakly bonded solids
Definition
-low melting point
-low elastic modulus
-high thermal expansion coefficient
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Strongly bonded solids
Definition
-high melting point
-high elastic modulus
-low thermal expansion coefficient
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thermal expansion coefficient
Definition
-function of temperature
-higher coefficient at higher temperature in general
-some glass-ceramics has a negative coefficient, good for thermal shock
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Thermal conductivity
Definition
K: thermal conductivity
dQ/dt: the rate of heat transfer
A: cross sectional area
dT/dx: teperature gradient
Different material has their own thermal conductivity
thermal conductivity is a function of temperature
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Two primary mechanisms of conduction
Definition
Atomic vibrations
Conduction of free electrons
Term
What material is a good conductor and why?
Definition
Metal: better conduction by kinetic energy of conduction electrons
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What material is a poor conductor and why?
Definition
electrons
Poor conductor (ceramic, polymer): only by atomic vibration
Term
Structural disorder by chemical impurities results
Definition
in a similar decrease in thermal conductivity
Term
Structural disorder interferes
Definition
with the movement of the waveform
Term
True of false:
Metal alloys tend to have lower thermal conductivities than pure metals
Definition
true
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The thermal conductivity of ceramics and polymers can be further reduced by
Definition
the presence of porosity. (air pocket has very low conductivity)
Term
Thermal shock
Definition
-Fracture of the material as a result of a temperature change (usually a sudden cooling from high temperature)
-common for brittle materials (ceramics, glasses
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The mechanism of thermal shock
Definition
1. Thermal expansion
2. Residual stress
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Thermal Shock by Thermal expansion
Definition
A failure stress can be built up by constraint of thermal expansion
Term
Thermal Shock by residual stress
Definition
Rapid temperature changes produce temporary temperature gradients resulting in surface tensile stresses
Surface tensile stress compress the interior and the interior pull the surface
This causes internal residual stress
Residual stress – temperature gradients by finite thermal conductivity(thick shape)
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