| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
MS&T22: Materials Science & Technology
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| Symposium
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Synthesis, Characterization, Modeling and Applications of Functional Porous Materials
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| Presentation Title |
Development and Application of a Multi-scale Simulation Toolkit to Model Fibrous Materials Properties |
| Author(s) |
Adnan Taqi, Matthew J Beck |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Adnan Taqi |
| Abstract Scope |
Fibrous materials are used in thermal protection systems (TPS) for atmospheric entry of spacecrafts. Utilizing accurate models in the design of TPS to capture the physical processes result in higher accuracy and lower safety margins. To model the fibrous materials, representative volume elements (RVEs) are used to generate random micro-structure geometry whose mechanical properties, such as the elastic and bulk moduli, are then computed using the finite element method. The present work involves advancing the pre-processing and solver capabilities of the existing toolkit by incorporating new computational tools based on the finite element method and applying it to study the effects of parameters such as the ligament connectivity and orientations. The work makes it possible to better understand the relationships between the structure, processing and properties of fibrous materials. |