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Thermal Modeling of the Optical Fiber Drawing Process

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Haris Papamichael  and
Ioannis N. Miaoulis
Haris Papamichael
Affiliation:
Mechanical Engineering Department, Tufts University, Medford MA 02155
Ioannis N. Miaoulis*
Affiliation:
Mechanical Engineering Department, Tufts University, Medford MA 02155
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Abstract

A new general method for determining the local dimensionless heat convection coefficient (Nusselt number) and the temperature distribution in thin and thick optical fibers during the drawing process was developed. The axial heat transfer by conduction was included in the analysis as an addition to previously developed models. The developed model can serve as a general thermal solver for thin (<200μm in dia.) and thick (>200μm in dia.) fibers. The general method was compared with existing methods and it was found to be in agreement in the case of thin fiber analysis but not in the case of thick fiber analysis, where axial conduction effects are significant. Results of a parametric study to examine the effects of diameter of fiber and drawing speed on the temperature distribution are presented.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 172: Symposium P – Optical Fiber Materials and Processing , 1989 , 43
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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