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Mathematical and numerical modeling of melting in metal-ceramic composite beds

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Many of the ceramics used in the manufacture of the metal-ceramic composites are available as powders, which has encouraged investigators to develop tool less manufacturing techniques. Innovative processes like combustion synthesis and laser sintering processes offer great potential for specific material combinations. These processes involve heat and mass transfer in porous matrix with melting, solidification and may be chemical reaction. Since the resulting transport is relatively complex, there are few mathematical models available. In the present study, melting and transport of metal is demonstrated for a one-dimensional bed with uniform heat generation and convectively cooled boundaries. The effects of different Bond, Biot and Prandtl numbers are discussed using constant and temperature varying material properties. At low bond number the transport is controlled by capillary forces and temperature and saturation distribution is symmetric about the center of the bed. For Biot number larger than ten the process is internally controlled. Effect of Prandtl number is opposite of that of the Bond number. Use of constant properties overpredicts the process rate by 13%.

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. CTS-9016104.

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Mughal, M.P. Mathematical and numerical modeling of melting in metal-ceramic composite beds. Heat Mass Transfer 42, 577–586 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00231-005-0008-3

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