Sensitivity of Viscosity on Molten Ti Infusion into a B4C-Packed Bed at the Microscale

The effect of the surface tension–viscosity dissipation driving liquid Ti flow into a B 4 C packed bed was analyzed at 1941 K and 2573 K. The model consisted of randomized size distributions of pores (1 to 10 µ m) mimicking a packed bed to determine the depth of infusion. Statistical uncertainty was determined as a function of viscosity and pore geometry. The computations were performed with our in-house software, which incorporates a directed acyclic graph and modified nodal analysis algorithms.