Computer Modeling Chemical Vapor Infiltration of SiC Composites
Yaochan Zhu1, Eckart Schnack1, Al Mahmudur Rahman1
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.92, No.3, pp. 315-326, 2013, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2013.092.315
Abstract A novel multiphase field model is formulated to simulate the complex microstructure evolution during chemical vapor infiltration (CVI) process, which is widely used technique to produce SiC matrix composites reinforced by SiC fibers in ceramic engineer. The model consists of a set of nonlinear partial differential equations by coupling Ginzburg-Landau type phase field equations with mass/heat balance equations as well as modified Navier-Stokes equations. The microstructure evolution of preferential codeposition of Si, SiC and C under high ratio of H2 to MTS is simulated. The simulation is in good agreement with experiments result. The potential More >