Simulation of Thermal Ablation Process using ANSYS Software
Vijaya Kanth P1, Balakrishna Murthy V2, Chandra Mohan R3
1Vijaya Kanth P, P.G Student, Thermal Engg., Department of Mechanical Engineering, VRSEC, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India.
2Balakrishna Murthy V, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, VRSEC, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India.
3Chandra Mohan R, Chairman, Resins & Allied Products, Nidamanuru, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Manuscript received on October 12, 2019. | Revised Manuscript received on 22 October, 2019. | Manuscript published on November 10, 2019. | PP: 4941-4942 | Volume-9 Issue-1, November 2019. | Retrieval Number: A8119119119/2019©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijitee.A8119.119119
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Abstract: An ablation process during the Pyrolysis of an insulating layer used in a thermal protection system is simulated using the commercial software ANSYS in the present work. Two different methods are proposed and established for mutual validation. Both the methods estimate the ablation by successive eliminations of the regions exposed to melting point temperature from a transient thermal analysis with suggested mesh quality and time increments satisfying the convergence of results. Two-dimensional plane models are solved and the effect of burning time and load pattern on ablation is analyzed. The proposed methodology can be used to predict the thermal ablation in thermal protection systems of various space applications.
Keywords: Ablation, FEM, Transient heat transfer, Logarithmic load
Scope of the Article: Thermal Engineering