A Study on Heat Dissipation Properties of Graphite-aluminum Composite

To address the bottleneck in thermal dissipation capacity of traditional aluminum alloy heat sinks, a sandwich-structured graphite-aluminum composite is proposed in this paper. Comparative experiments demonstrate its superior lateral heat dissipation to aluminum alloys. A semi-physical calibration method is employed to quantify both in-plane and through-plane thermal conductivities of the graphite layer and composite. The results reveal that the graphite-aluminum composite,with in-plane thermal conductivity of 390 W/(m·K), copper-equivalent heat dissipation performance and density much lower than that of copper, demonstrates substantial advantages for aerospace lightweight engineering. The quantified thermal parameters enable thermal designers to efficiently develop optimized heat dissipation solutions through simulation-driven design iterations.