An axisymmetric heat conduction model for a multi-material cylindrical system with application to analysis of carbon nanotube based composites

A model for axisymmetric steady-state heat conduction in a multi-material cylindrical system containing a thermal superconductor is presented. An analytical solution in terms of series involving Bessel functions is derived for the temperature distribution in the multi-material system. The model may be applied to analyze the thermal behaviors of carbon nanotube based composites. Some results are obtained for specific cases of the multi-material system.