The melting process of a phase change material(PCM) inside a capsule can be promising in the thermal management of spacecraft. Such spacecraft operate under various gravity conditions, but previous studies have mostly...The melting process of a phase change material(PCM) inside a capsule can be promising in the thermal management of spacecraft. Such spacecraft operate under various gravity conditions, but previous studies have mostly considered the influence of gravity conditions on the constrained melting process of a PCM and not on its unconstrained melting process. In this study, a numerical model was constructed to comprehensively analyze the constrained and unconstrained melting processes of a PCM inside a spherical capsule under low-gravity conditions. After validation, the model was then applied to investigating the effects of low-gravity conditions on the evolution of velocity, temperature, melt layer thickness, heat transfer, liquid fraction, and total melting time. For the unconstrained melting process, low-gravity conditions weaken buoyancy-driven natural convection and slow down the solid PCM downward trend, thereby limiting the melting rate. In addition, the melt layer thickness does not increase linearly with decreasing gravity. Specifically, the increase in melt layer thickness is smaller by about 1.06 mm when the gravity drops from 0.4g to 0.2g compared to when it drops from 0.2g to 0.1g. The local heat flux in the contact melting area gradually decreases with the reduction of gravity during the unconstrained melting process. During the constrained melting process, notable oscillations in the local heat flux were observed. Decreasing the gravity from g to 0g increased the total melting times of the constrained and unconstrained melting processes by 417% and 621%, respectively.展开更多
吸声材料是火箭常用的降噪方法之一。针对高速火箭整流罩,采用三聚氰胺泡沫塑料吸声材料开展了被动控制内声场降噪方法的实验和数值研究。首先,建立了阻抗管的实验平台,实验测量了吸声材料在不同厚度和表面处理下的吸声系数。然后,基于...吸声材料是火箭常用的降噪方法之一。针对高速火箭整流罩,采用三聚氰胺泡沫塑料吸声材料开展了被动控制内声场降噪方法的实验和数值研究。首先,建立了阻抗管的实验平台,实验测量了吸声材料在不同厚度和表面处理下的吸声系数。然后,基于该材料设计了多种火箭整流罩的内声场降噪的方案,采用统计能量数值仿真方法及混响室噪声环境实验,研究了吸声材料厚度、表面处理及布局方式对整流罩降噪性能影响规律。结果表明,采用吸声材料能够有效降低整流罩内声场噪声,总声压级隔声量最大达5.5 d B,厚度增加和表面处理在一定程度上能够增加隔声量。展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.52376181)。
文摘The melting process of a phase change material(PCM) inside a capsule can be promising in the thermal management of spacecraft. Such spacecraft operate under various gravity conditions, but previous studies have mostly considered the influence of gravity conditions on the constrained melting process of a PCM and not on its unconstrained melting process. In this study, a numerical model was constructed to comprehensively analyze the constrained and unconstrained melting processes of a PCM inside a spherical capsule under low-gravity conditions. After validation, the model was then applied to investigating the effects of low-gravity conditions on the evolution of velocity, temperature, melt layer thickness, heat transfer, liquid fraction, and total melting time. For the unconstrained melting process, low-gravity conditions weaken buoyancy-driven natural convection and slow down the solid PCM downward trend, thereby limiting the melting rate. In addition, the melt layer thickness does not increase linearly with decreasing gravity. Specifically, the increase in melt layer thickness is smaller by about 1.06 mm when the gravity drops from 0.4g to 0.2g compared to when it drops from 0.2g to 0.1g. The local heat flux in the contact melting area gradually decreases with the reduction of gravity during the unconstrained melting process. During the constrained melting process, notable oscillations in the local heat flux were observed. Decreasing the gravity from g to 0g increased the total melting times of the constrained and unconstrained melting processes by 417% and 621%, respectively.
文摘吸声材料是火箭常用的降噪方法之一。针对高速火箭整流罩,采用三聚氰胺泡沫塑料吸声材料开展了被动控制内声场降噪方法的实验和数值研究。首先,建立了阻抗管的实验平台,实验测量了吸声材料在不同厚度和表面处理下的吸声系数。然后,基于该材料设计了多种火箭整流罩的内声场降噪的方案,采用统计能量数值仿真方法及混响室噪声环境实验,研究了吸声材料厚度、表面处理及布局方式对整流罩降噪性能影响规律。结果表明,采用吸声材料能够有效降低整流罩内声场噪声,总声压级隔声量最大达5.5 d B,厚度增加和表面处理在一定程度上能够增加隔声量。
