Heat Conduction in Fine Scale Mixtures With Interfacial Contact Resistance

Heat conduction in a ne scale mixture of two conductors is examined in the presence of a contact resistance between phases. The problem is studied rigorously in the context of periodic homogenization. Unlike the case of perfect heat transmission between phases, the temperature elds studied here may converge weakly in L to the homogenized temperature. The temperature gradients converge weakly as Radon measures. The strict ellipticity of the homogenized transport equation depends upon the geometry of the interface. The e ective conductivity associated with the overall heat dissipation rate inside a composite cube is considered. It is shown that this property exhibits a size e ect under rescaling.