Brief report on theoretical research upon wood thermal property

Abstract

In this paper, the theoretical expressions of the specific heat and thermal conductivity of wood are first derived from the micro-structure of wood by applying some basic principles in statistical thermodynamics and physical mechanics. Tested by a great many experiments, the average error of theoretical values is about 5%, much less than that of all kinds of exiting empiric equations in the world.

Keywords

Specific heat / thermal conductivity / theoretical expression / Wood / S781.37 / A

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