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Thermal performance analysis of silica tiles

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The thermal response of nonablating ceramic tiles is studied by the finite-element method. A continuum model is used to determine the thermal conductivity of porous materials. The temperature distribution for the one-dimensional model is compared with the available arc-jet result. Also presented are the 2D and 3D temperature contours and the heat-flux distributions for silica tiles. The expression for the pressure distribution in a silica tile is derived.

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  1. Karunya University, Coimbatore, 641114, India

    K. N. Shukla

  2. College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram, 695016, India

    A. Pradeep & S. S. Suneesh

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Published in Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 79, No. 6, pp. 107–113, November–December, 2006.

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Shukla, K.N., Pradeep, A. & Suneesh, S.S. Thermal performance analysis of silica tiles. J Eng Phys Thermophys 79, 1157–1163 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10891-006-0218-7

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