Accession Number:

ADP007730

Title:

Microwave Heating of Ceramics,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

NEW JERSEY INST OF TECH NEWARK DEPT OF MATHEMATICS

Personal Author(s):

• Kriegsmann, Gregory A.

Report Date:

1992-04-27

Pagination or Media Count:

7.0

Abstract:

The heating of a ceramic slab under TM-illumination is modeled and analyzed in the small Biot number regime. The steady state temperature is nearly constant in this limit and its value is a function of the microwave power. This function is multivalued when the electrical conductivity is modeled as an exponential function of temperature. Limiting cases and examples are presented and physically interpreted.

Descriptors:

• *HEATING
• *MICROWAVES
• *CERAMIC MATERIALS
• CONDUCTIVITY
• ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY
• EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS
• ILLUMINATION
• POWER
• STEADY STATE
• TEMPERATURE
• SYMPOSIA

Subject Categories:

• Ceramics, Refractories and Glass
• Radiofrequency Wave Propagation

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE