TY - JOUR
TI - Fractal approach to heat transfer in silkworm cocoon hierarchy
AU - Fei Dong-Dong
AU - Liu Fu-Juan
AU - Cui Qiu-Na
AU - He Ji-Huan
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2013
VL - 17
IS - 5
SP - 1546
EP - 1548
PT - Article
AB - Silkworm cocoon has a complex hierarchic structure with discontinuity. In  this paper, heat transfer through the silkworm cocoon is studied using  fractal theory. The fractal approach has been successfully applied to explain  the fascinating phenomenon of cocoon survival under extreme temperature  environment. A better understanding of heat transfer mechanisms for the  cocoon could be beneficial to the design of biomimetic clothes for special  applications.