(A3600GV) We propose a lightweight method for the determination of heat difusivity of silica fiber bundles based on the use of a laser and an IR camera. The fiber bundle is maintained in traction in a holder ; exposition is made as a step function, followed by a laser shutdown. The movie obtained by the IR camera is then processed : frame averaging, background computation and subtraction, image smoothing, extraction of the IR signal along the fiber bundle. A 1D model has been developed. This problem admits an analytic solution that we have obtained through the use of Laplace transforms. Several identification methods are proposed and tested, and have been compared favorably with an existing method based on periodic heating. Results are in agreement with literature values.
Silica/phenolic composite materials are often used in thermal protection systems (TPS) for atmospheric re-entry. The present work aims to compare two different approaches to assess heat transfer properties of these materials: i) using standard and specific experimental methods, and ii) with the development of 3D thermal transfer multiscale model using 2D (microscopy) and 3D (tomography) images. The latter procedure, based on computations on images, is a two-step change of scale from microscopic scale to mesoscopic scale and then to the macroscopic one. Two silica/phenolic composites with different spatial organizations are studied and their thermal properties are compared. Several experimental methods have been used, including space-resolved diffusivity determinations. Numerical results are compared to experimental ones in terms of transverse and longitudinal thermal conductivities of the composites, and were found to be in good agreement. A discussion is made on the different possible sources of uncertainty for both methods.
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