Eliseo Villanueva
School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering The University of New South Wales Sydney, 2052, Australia
Chakravarti V. Madhusudana
School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052 Australia
James Beck
School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering The University of New South Wales Sydney, 2052, Australia
Masud Behnia
School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia
A rig for measuring thermal contact conductance under vacuum or under an inert gas environment was designed and fabricated. The rig has several features that are different from the conventional apparatus for measuring thermal contact conductance/resistance. It has been tested and calibrated for experimental purposes.