About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2026 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Chemistry and Physics of Interfaces
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| Presentation Title |
Phase-Field Modeling of Woven Carbon Fiber Oxidation |
| Author(s) |
Robert Clayton, Michael Tonks, Simon Phillpot |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Robert Clayton |
| Abstract Scope |
Woven carbon fiber composites show potential for use as an ablative thermal protection system for atmospheric re-entry vehicles traveling at hypersonic speeds, but testing can be a time-consuming process. We created a process to import complex woven geometries into the open-source Macaw application to model the fiber oxidation process for the outermost layer of the heat shield in 3D. Macaw uses the phase-field method to simulate the ablation process while fully coupled with heat transport. We also added updated chemical reactions based on the Air-Carbon Ablation model. This will allow for testing different geometries quickly, affordably, and accurately before creating samples to test experimentally. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Computational Materials Science & Engineering, ICME, Composites |