Thermal invisibility cloak design based on fiber reinforced composite
Received:February 09, 2016  Revised:June 25, 2016
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DOI:10.7511/jslx201704009
KeyWord:thermal invisibility  invisible cloak  composite materials  transformation thermodynamics  design optimization
     
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刘立悦 大连理工大学 工业装备与结构分析国家重点实验室, 大连
刘书田 大连理工大学 工业装备与结构分析国家重点实验室, 大连
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Abstract:
      Although the spatial variation of the material property required for achieving thermal invisibi-lity in the structure,i.e.an invisible cloak for heat flux,can be obtained through transformation thermo-dynamics,the design of the cloak is practically very difficult to be implemented due to the complexity in distribution and local extreme (infinite) in value of the required thermal conductivity of the material.Hence,it is of great engineering significance to explore effective ways to design invisibility cloak for heat by using conventional materials.In this paper,we proposed a way to design annular thermal invisibility cloak by using fiber reinforced composite.The required material property distribution (i.e.thermal conducti-vity) was obtained based on transformation thermodynamics first.Then,through composite microstructure design,the fiber layout (volume fraction and orientation) was determined to match with the required thermal conductivity distribution.Using silver as the reinforcement and air as the matrix,the fiber layout of the annular cloak was obtained,which was easy to be fabricated by ordinary materials.The simulation results showed almost perfect invisible cloak properties,thus validating the proposed design method.