Quddus, H. A., & Yarbrough, L. J., & Batchelor, M. E., & Roy, C. (2025, March), An independent study on designing and building of an ASTM D5470 standard apparatus for testing thermal performance of various materials  Paper presented at 2025 ASEE Southeast Conference , Mississippi State University, Mississippi. 10.18260/1-2--54142

\bibitem{asee_peer_54142}
  Quddus, H. A., \& Yarbrough, L. J., \& Batchelor, M. E., \& Roy, C. (2025, March), \emph{An independent study on designing and building of an ASTM D5470 standard apparatus for testing thermal performance of various materials}
  Paper presented at 2025 ASEE Southeast Conference , Mississippi State University, Mississippi.
  10.18260/1-2--54142

Hammad Afzal Quddus, Landon James Yarbrough, Megan Elizabeth Batchelor, and Chandan Roy.  "An independent study on designing and building of an ASTM D5470 standard apparatus for testing thermal performance of various materials".  2025 ASEE Southeast Conference , Mississippi State University, Mississippi, 2025, March.  ASEE Conferences, 2025.  https://peer.asee.org/54142 Internet.  19 Aug, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_54142}
  Hammad Afzal Quddus, Landon James Yarbrough, Megan Elizabeth Batchelor, and Chandan Roy.
  "An independent study on designing and building of an ASTM D5470 standard apparatus for testing thermal performance of various materials".
  \emph{2025 ASEE Southeast Conference , Mississippi State University, Mississippi, 2025, March}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2025.
  https://peer.asee.org/54142 Internet.  19 Aug, 2025

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - An independent study course in mechanical engineering was created. The goal was to design a thermal test setup for future research and to provide students with hands-on learning experience. A steady-state thermal test setup has been outlined in ASTM D5470 standard. The apparatus consists of two metered bars (hot & cold). Electrical heat is supplied through one bar as the other bar is cooled. The sample is placed between the two metered bars. Each meter bar is equipped with several temperature sensors to measure the drop across the sample. This setup can be used to measure the thermal resistance and thermal conductivity of various thermal interface materials (TIMs). The function of the TIM is to enhance the heat transfer between two solid surfaces by displacing the air gaps from the interfaces. An ideal TIM should have high thermal conductivity, low thermal resistance, high compliance, and excellent reliability. 
Three students have worked on this project through. This paper will describe the design and building of the setup. After building the setup, the students conducted a series of tests to assess the thermal performance of various TIMs, which will be discussed. Finally, through this study, students were exposed to a variety of laboratory tools, sharpened their ability to tackle practical challenges, and developed skills for data analysis and interpreting results.  

AU  - Hammad Afzal Quddus
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CY  - Mississippi State University, Mississippi
DA  - 2025/03/09
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