Analysis of the 3-omega method for thermal conductivity measurement

作者：Wang Hainan; Sen Mihir^*

来源：International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2009, 52(7-8): 2102-2109.

DOI：10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2008.10.020

• Thermal conductivity
• 3-omega method

The 3 omega method for measurement of thermal conductivity of a solid usually consists of a strip heater above a substrate, and the method is based on an approximate solution of the heat conduction problem in which the heater thickness is neglected. We establish a two-dimensional heat conduction model for the heater-on-substrate 3 omega method which takes into account the finite thickness of the heater. Analytical solutions for the finite-heater problem and the vanishing heater-thickness problem are presented utilizing the method of separation of variables. It is found that neglecting the heater thickness is not accurate at low or high frequencies, but works well in between. This frequency range becomes narrower when the heater thickness increases.

• 出版日期2009-3