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Specimen- 150 x
1 23.5 329 0.8
A 150 150m
m
Heat
Specimen- 150 x Flux
2 22.0 329 0.8 Gauge 150mm 22 mm
B 150
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IV. NUMERICAL FORMULATION The finite difference formulation for a node on back wall
surface is given by
One dimensional transient conduction was considered for
studying the thermal behavior of silica tiles. Fig.3 shows the
computational domain. The governing equations, initial and
boundary conditions are given below. (7)
The numerical solution of heat transfer can begin when the V. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
laws governing these processes have been expressed in terms
of differential equations. The governing equations for one
Tests were carried out in specimens having different
dimensional transient conduction problem are given by
thickness. Fig.4 shows the heat flux history recorded during
the test for the specimen-A. The maximum surface
Fouriers equation
temperature measured was 1296oC. For the specimen-A, the
(1)
maximum back wall temperature was 131oC. Fig.5 shows the
Newtons law of cooling comparison of the temperature history for specimen-A. Fig.6
(2) shows the heat flux simulated for the specimen-B. The
Stefan-Boltzmann equation maximum surface temperature measured was 1306oC. For the
(3) specimen-B, the maximum back wall temperature measured
Initial condition is was 163oC. Fig.7 shows the comparison of temperature
Ti Tf At t = 0 (i = 1, 2, 3) history for specimen-B.
and other boundaries were considered to be insulated. Surface temperatures were read manually at intervals of
Energy balance method is applied to find the change in energy 10s. For both the specimens, no change in emissivity was
or increase in energy of each node. Explicit finite difference found after testing. Temperature history was computed at the
method is used to find the solution to the problem. surface as well as at the back wall of the specimens. The
predicted temperature history is compared with that measured
Effective conductivity values of each node were used for during the test.
finite difference formulation of the problem and it can be
calculated using the correlation 45
SIMULATED
40 REQUIRED
(4) 35
HEAT FLUX(Watts/sq.cm)
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Finite difference formulation for the front wall surface node is 25
given by
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15
10
(5)
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VI. CONCLUSIONS
Fro nt wall-Exp
B ack wall-
Numerical
to any part of the tile was observed after the test. A numerical
1000
model was developed for modeling heat transfer in silica tile
800 insulation. The numerical model was validated by transient
thermal tests simulating reentry aerodynamic heating
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condition. Slight variations are due to assumptions made.
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Fig.6 Heat flux history for specimen-B Rajesh. N.P, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical
Engineering, Vidya Academy of Science and Technology, Thrissur,
Kerala
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