Date of Award:
5-2014
Document Type:
Dissertation
Degree Name:
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department:
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Committee Chair(s)
Heng Ban
Committee
Heng Ban
Committee
Mihai Chirtoc
Committee
Byard Wood
Committee
Sebastian Volz
Committee
Stepehn Bialkowski
Committee
Jean Ebothé
Abstract
Multiscaled experimental investigations of heat transfer from nanoscales to macroscales are requisite to progress in energy technologies. In nuclear applications, material properties can undergo significant alteration due to destructive interaction with irradiating particles at microstructural levels that affect bulk properties. This study expands the current knowledge base regarding thermal transport in ion-irradiated materials through the use of a multiscaled experimental approach using four complementary thermal wave methods. For the first time, the in-depth thermal conductivity profile of an ion-irradiated sample is measured directly.
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Recommended Citation
Jensen, Colby Bruce, "Bridging the Nano- and Macro-Worlds: Thermal Property Measurement Using Thermal Microscopy and Photothermal Radiometry – Application to Particle-Irradiation Damage Profile in Zirconium Carbide" (2014). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 3105.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/3105
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