Abstract

Using an ablative thermal/material response code, the importance of three-dimensionality for modeling ablative test-article is addressed. In particular, the simulation of the pyrolysis gas flow inside a porous material is presented, using two different geometries. The effects of allowing the gas to flow out of the side wall are especially highlighted. Results show that the flow inside the test-article is complex, and that the 0D or 1D assumption made in most Material Response (MR) codes might not be valid for certain geometries.

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

6-2013

Notes/Citation Information

Published in the Proceedings of the 44th AIAA Thermophysics Conference, Paper 2013-2635, p. 1-17.

Copyright © 2013 by Haoyue Weng and Alexandre Martin.

The copyright holders have granted the permission for posting the article here.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2013-2635

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