TY - JOUR AU - Pietrak, Karol AU - Wiśniewski, Tomasz S. PY - 2014 TI - A review of models for effective thermal conductivity of composite materials JF - Journal of Power Technologies; Vol 95 No 1 (2015) KW - thermal conductivity; interfacial thermal resistance; composite materials N2 - The solutions of Maxwell and Rayleigh were the first of many attempts to determine the eective thermal conductivity of heterogeneous material. Early models assumed that no thermal resistance exists between the phases in heterogeneous material. Later studies on solid-liquid and solid-solid boundaries revealed that a temperature drop occurs when heat flows through a boundary between two phases and, as a consequence, the interfacial thermal resistance should be included in the heat transfer model. This paper is a review of the most popular expressions for predicting the eective thermal conductivity of composite materials using the properties and volume fractions of constituent phases. Subject to review were empirical, analytical and numerical models, among others. UR - https://papers.itc.pw.edu.pl/index.php/JPT/article/view/463