FINITE DIFFERENCE MODEL FOR SIMULATION OF DENSIFYING CARBON-CARBON COMPOSITES BY CHEMICAL VAPOR INFILTRATIONP ROCESSES

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Finite difference model for simulation of densifying carbon-carbon composites by chemical vapor infiltration processes

A finite difference (FD) model is proposed to simulate the chemical vapor infiltration (CVI) processes for fabrication of carbon carbon composites. With iterative operation of many discrete values, the FD based model can be used to describe and analyze the real, continuous densification processing quantitatively. Many densification characteristics of carbon carbon composites can be predicated by modeling. The prediction results can be compared with experiment value directly, which shows its good ability for practical application. Special verification experiments are designed with Iso thermal CVI processing and slender cylindroid unidirectional C/C composites are prepared to verify the accuracy of the model. The modeling curve of density versus infiltration time is in good agreement with experiment values. According to modeling analysis, the effects of infiltration temperature and fiber volume fraction on densification are also discussed preliminarily. The conclusion obtained also accords with experiment or results in other literature, further approving the accuracy of the FD based model.