Numerical simulation on thermal properties of closed-cell metal foams with different cell size distributions and cell shapes

In this study, the effect of cell structure on the thermal properties of closed-cell foam metals are studied numerically. To do this, a novel modeling procedure is proposed to generate the FEM foam models with different cell structures. The cell size distribution and cell shape in the established models can be controlled by the modeling parameters applied in the modeling process. Two structural parameters termed as characteristic diameter Dch...