{"title":"Transient Temperature Computation of Spheres in Packings With Multi-Neighbors","authors":"W. Siu, S. H. Lee","doi":"10.1115/imece1999-0799","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/imece1999-0799","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Packed sphere systems commonly involve heat transfer processes, such as catalytic beds and insulations. Most of the time, these types of systems were considered as porous media. In fact, porous medium approach has been successfully used for application involving considerable amount of spheres with corresponding resolution and, typically in geothermal system study. In recently years, researchers have started to investigate the problem in a finer length scale formulation because of the relevant application requirement, such as powder sintering processes. Using thermal constriction resistance for solving transient temperature of individual sphere in a packing was one of the attempt to achieve the finer resolution of temperature. It has been found that a special formulation is required in order to take care the finite heat diffusion mechanism between spheres. However, available correlations and governing equations from literature were only applicable for spheres with two neighbors. It is obviously not sufficient for solving temperatures of spheres within realistic packing. Furthermore, the interaction of the finite diffusion amoung spheres should be more complicated in three dimensional packing situation. Therefore, this work focuses on the enhancement of the approach of using constriction resistance for realistic packing of spheres. The formulation of the governing equation with the consideration of multi-neighbor arrangement was performed. A finite difference code was developed and using for solving the governing equation. It has been verified to be applicable to multi-neighbor situation few regular packing situations. Computation of sphere temperatures of a packing involving a thousand of spheres was also performed for illustrating the application.","PeriodicalId":378994,"journal":{"name":"Application of Porous Media Methods for Engineered Materials","volume":"265 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122141501","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Solar Radiation Thruster Performance Analysis With Energy Storage in Porous Material","authors":"Y. Chen, Jiwen Liu, H. Wei","doi":"10.1115/imece1999-0798","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/imece1999-0798","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The objective of this study is to develop analytical codes to support the design effort of the Shooting Star Flight Experiment’s rocket engine. Numerical models can augment the design effort by providing insight into fluid dynamics issues. Then, the design team can utilize the developed code to assess the design parameters and the engine performance as well as other issues related to thermal propulsion. The physical models developed in this study are: (a) a radiation model based on a GRASP code for general multi-block curvilinear coordinates and with a time accurate Crank-Nicholson marching scheme for heat conduction to model the absorber component of the engine; and (b) a fluid dynamics computational model using the Navier-Stokes equations, porosity factors and drag forces terms for simple one-dimensional simulations to complete three-dimensional modeling of the Shooting Star Engine internal flows.","PeriodicalId":378994,"journal":{"name":"Application of Porous Media Methods for Engineered Materials","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122030768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Analytical-Experimental Study for the Determination of the Effective Thermal Conductivity of High Porosity Fibrous Foams","authors":"A. Bhattacharya, V. Calmidi, R. Mahajan","doi":"10.1115/imece1999-0795","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/imece1999-0795","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 In this paper, we present a comprehensive analysis for estimating the effective thermal conductivity of high porosity fibrous foams. Commercially available fibrous foams form a complex array of interconnected fibers with an irregular lump of metal at the intersection of two fibers. In our theoretical analysis, we represent this structure by a model consisting of two-dimensional hexagonal arrays where the fibers form the sides of the hexagons. The lump is taken into account by considering a square, hexagonal or circular blob of metal at the intersection. The analysis shows that the effective thermal conductivity of the foam depends strongly on the porosity and the ratio of the cross-sections of the fiber and the intersection. It has no systematic dependence on pore density. Further, the choice of the geometric configuration of the intersection affects the estimate of the effective thermal conductivity. Experimental data with aluminum and Reticulated Vitreous Carbon (RVC) foams, using air and water as fluid media are used to validate the analytical predictions. Finally, the experimental results are used to arrive at a simple, closed-form empirical correlation for estimating the effective thermal conductivity in terms of the porosity, and the solid and fluid conductivities.","PeriodicalId":378994,"journal":{"name":"Application of Porous Media Methods for Engineered Materials","volume":"76 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132837600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Parametric Study of Reactive Melt Infiltration","authors":"E. Nelson, P. Colella","doi":"10.1115/imece1999-0794","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/imece1999-0794","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Reactive melt infiltration is viewed as a promising means of achieving near-net shape manufacturing with quick processing time and at low cost. Since the reactants and products are, in general, of varying density, overall conservation of mass dictates that there is a force related to chemical conversion which can directly influence infiltration behavior. In effect, the driving pressure forces may compete with the forces from chemical conversion, affecting the advancement of the front. We have developed a two-dimensional numerical code to examine these effects, using reaction-formed silicon carbide as a model system for this process. We have examined a range of initial porosities, pore radii, and reaction rates in order to investigate their effects on infiltration dynamics.","PeriodicalId":378994,"journal":{"name":"Application of Porous Media Methods for Engineered Materials","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133505212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V. Travkin, I. Catton, K. Hu, A. T. Ponomarenko, V. G. Shevchenko
{"title":"Transport Phenomena in Heterogeneous Media: Experimental Data Reduction and Analysis","authors":"V. Travkin, I. Catton, K. Hu, A. T. Ponomarenko, V. G. Shevchenko","doi":"10.1115/imece1999-0796","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/imece1999-0796","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Volume averaging theory (VAT) is used to bring a consistent basis to experimental data reduction and analysis by examples in several areas of transport phenomena. Many common correlations, and their weaknesses, are examined using a unified scaling procedure that allows them to be compared to one another. Momentum resistance and internal heat transfer dependencies are analyzed and compared. VAT based analysis is shown to reveal the influence of morphological characteristics of the media, to suggest scaling parameters that allow a wide variety of different porous media morphologies to be normalized, often eliminating the need for further experimental efforts, and to clarify the relationships between differing experimental configurations. The origin, and insufficiency, of electrical conductivity and momentum transport “cross-correlation” approaches in efforts to find analogies by mathematical comparison without examining the physical foundations of phenomena are described and explained.","PeriodicalId":378994,"journal":{"name":"Application of Porous Media Methods for Engineered Materials","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123853409","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Porous Media and Mixture Models for Hygrothermal Behavior of Phenolic Composites","authors":"R. M. Sullivan, E. Stokes","doi":"10.1115/imece1999-0797","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/imece1999-0797","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Theoretical models are proposed to describe the interaction of water with phenolic polymer. The theoretical models involve the study of the flow of a viscous fluid through a porous media and the thermodynamic theory of mixtures. From the theory a set of mathematical relations are developed to simulate the effect of water on the thermostructural response of phenolic composites. The expressions are applied to simulate the measured effect of water in a series of experiments conducted on carbon phenolic composites.","PeriodicalId":378994,"journal":{"name":"Application of Porous Media Methods for Engineered Materials","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130552330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}