TY - JOUR
TI - The inverse problem in zero linear ablation of aluminizing carbon composites under high heat flux
AU - Huang Hai-Ming
AU - Li Weijie
AU - Xu Chenghai
AU - Xu Xiaoliang
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2013
VL - 17
IS - 5
SP - 1323
EP - 1327
PT - Article
AB - The concept of zero linear ablation is introduced to describe the mass  ablation without shape change, and it is employed to design thermal  protection materials under an extreme thermal environment. Aluminizing carbon  composites are used as a sample to study numerically the heat response. As  indicated in the numerical results, the shape of the composites did not  change under a high heat flux because the phase transition (melt or  evaporation) of aluminum can absorb a lot of energy before the ablation of  carbon, and the zero linear ablation depends on not only the volume fraction  of aluminum, but also the heating period and the heat flux.