Analytical and numerical study of the densification of carbon/carbon composites by a film-boiling chemical vapor infiltration process

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 61, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 7509-7527

  Nadeau, Nathalie ^a,b   Vignoles, Gérard L ^a   Brauner, Claude Michel ^b  

^a Laboratoire des Composites Thermostructuraux   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

C C composites; Chemical vapor infiltration (CVI); Densification front; Numerical modelling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSIFICATION; DIFFUSION; INFILTRATION; NUCLEATE BOILING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION;

CHEMICAL VAPOR INFILTRATION (CVI); DENSIFICATION FRONT; NUMERICAL MODELING;

CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES;

CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSIFICATION; DIFFUSION; INFILTRATION; NUCLEATE BOILING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 33751031083     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2006.08.027     Document Type: Article

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