Author(s)

Aying Zhang, Zhenghong Li

Corresponding Author

Aying Zhang

Abstract

The FLUENT finite element software is used to analyze the calculation area, thickness and shapes of nanopaper on the temperature field distribution of the composites with nanopaper during heating process. The average heat flux on the outer surface of the composites with pulse bending nanopaper with different calculation area has been analyzed. The heat flux along the nanopaper and the polymer surface decreases when the bending period of nanopaper increase under the same heating power. The highest temperature of the outer surface is higher when the flat nanopaper/polymer composites are heated to steady state, but the temperature distribution uniformity of the outer surface is better when the pulse bending nanopaper/polymer composites are heated to the steady state. Therefore, if the temperature is high in the actual working conditions, the flat nanopaper can be selected. If the actual working conditions have the demand for the uniformity of temperature distribution, it is more suitable to select the pulse bending nanopaper heating sheet.

Keywords

Optimization Analysis, Heating Process, Nanopaper, Composites