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  title info:
    title: Simulation results of an inductively-coupled rf plasma torch in two and three dimensions for producing a metal matrix composite for nuclear fuel cladding
  name:
    name part: Holik III, Eddie Frank.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: McIntyre, Peter M.
    role:
      role term: thesis advisor.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: txu
    date issued: 2010
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource.
  abstract: I propose to develop a new method for the synthesis of metal matrix composites (MMC) using aerosol reactants in a radio frequency (RF) plasma torch. An inductivelycoupled RF plasma torch (ICPT) may potentially be designed to maintain laminar flow and a radial temperature distribution. These two properties provide a method by which a succession of metal layers can be applied to the surface of SiC fibers. In particular, the envisaged method provides a means to fully bond any desired metal to the surface of the SiC fibers, opening the possibility for MMCs in which the matrix metal is a highstrength steel. A crucial first step in creating the MMC is to test the feasibility of constructing an ICPT with completely laminar flow in the plasma region. In this work, a magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) model is used along with a computational fluid dynamic (CFD) software package called FLUENT© to simulate an ICPT. To solve the electromagnetic equations and incorporate forces and resistive heating, several userdefined functions (UDF) were written to add to the functionality of FLUENT©. Initially, an azimuthally-symmetric, two-dimensional model was created to set a test baseline for operating in FLUENT© and to verify the UDF. To incorporate coil angle and current leads, a fully three dimensional model UDF was written. Preliminary results confirm the functionality of the code. Additionally, the results reveal a non-mixing, laminar flow outer region for an axis-symmetric ICPT.
  note: by Eddie Frank (Trey) Holik III.
  note: "Major Subject: Physics"
  note: Title from author supplied metadata (automated record created 2010-03-12 12:08:51).
  note: Electronic resource.
  note: Master of Science Texas A&M University 2008 http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2363
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  note: Text (Thesis)
  subject:
    topic: Major physics
  subject:
    topic: Rf plasma
  subject:
    topic: Cladding
  subject:
    topic: MMC
  identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2363
  record info:
    record content source: TXA
    record creation date: 100429
    record change date: 20151201150206.0
    record identifier: in00002595690