THERMAL ANALYSIS OF CHARRING MATERIALS BASED ON PYROLYSIS INTERFACE MODEL

Abstract

Charring thermal protection systems have been used to protect hypersonic vehicles from high heat loads. The pyrolysis of charring materials is a complicated physical and chemical phenomenon. Based on the pyrolysis interface model, a simulating approach for charring ablation has been designed in order to obtain one dimensional transient thermal behavior of homogeneous charring materials in reentry capsules. As the numerical results indicate, the pyrolysis rate and the surface temperature under a given heat flux rise abruptly in the beginning, then reach a plateau, but the temperature at the bottom rises very slowly to prevent the structural materials from being heated seriously. Pyrolysis mechanism can play an important role in thermal protection systems subjected to serious aerodynamic heat.

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Dates

  • Submission Date2014-02-01
  • Revision Date2014-04-08
  • Acceptance Date2014-06-29
  • Online Date2015-01-04

DOI Reference

10.2298/TSCI1405591H

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