THERMAL SCIENCE

International Scientific Journal

Yan Wang

,

Shao-Wen Yao

,

Hong-Wei Yang

A FRACTAL DERIVATIVE MODEL FOR SNOW'S THERMAL INSULATION PROPERTY

ABSTRACT
Snow is of porous structure and good thermal insulation property. A fractal derivative model is established to reveal its thermal property, it is extremely high thermal-stable, the whole snow will not be affected much by the sudden environmental temperature change. A simple experiment is carried out to verify the theoretical finding, and the result is helpful to design advanced materials mimicking the snow structure.
KEYWORDS
fractal calculus, thermal insulation, porous materials
PAPER SUBMITTED: 2017-08-01
PAPER REVISED: 2018-11-23
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2018-11-23
PUBLISHED ONLINE: 2019-09-14
DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI1904351W
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THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR 2019, VOLUME 23, ISSUE No. 4, PAGES [2351 - 2354]
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A fractal derivative model for snow's thermal insulation property

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