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Predictive, Miniature Co-Extrusion of Multilayered Glass Fiber-Optic Preforms

Bhowmick, Kaustav; Furniss, David; Morvan, Herve P.; Seddon, Angela B.; Benson, Trevor M.

Authors

Kaustav Bhowmick

Herve P. Morvan

ANGELA SEDDON angela.seddon@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Inorganic Materials

Trevor M. Benson



Contributors

J. Ballato
Editor

Abstract

A miniature co-extrusion technique, to produce a concentric multilayered glass fiber-optic preform of ~3 mm diameter, is modeled and experimentally demonstrated. A three-dimensional, incompressible, noncavitating, and nonisothermal Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model, similar to one developed in our previous work, is used to predict the dimensions of an alternating four-layer glass stack feed required to produce the desired layer dimensions in a multilayered-glass preform extrudate, using a miniaturized and thus more economical co-extrusion. Strong agreement in the cross-sectional geometrical proportions of the simulated and experimentally obtained preform supports the prowess of the predictive modeling. Nevertheless, some small deviations between the simulated and experimentally obtained dimensions indicate topics for future rheological study. Performing the co-extrusion process under vacuum helps to minimize the inter-layer defects in the multi-layered fiber-optic preform. The miniature co-extrusion potentially removes the need for a postextrusion draw-down prior to fiber drawing, avoiding devitrification issues possible in non-oxide novel glass compositions.

Citation

Bhowmick, K., Furniss, D., Morvan, H. P., Seddon, A. B., & Benson, T. M. (2016). Predictive, Miniature Co-Extrusion of Multilayered Glass Fiber-Optic Preforms. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 99(1), 106-114. https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.13937

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Aug 18, 2015
Online Publication Date Oct 3, 2015
Publication Date 2016-01
Deposit Date Aug 7, 2017
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Journal of the American Ceramic Society
Print ISSN 0002-7820
Electronic ISSN 1551-2916
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 99
Issue 1
Pages 106-114
DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.13937
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/978778
Publisher URL http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jace.13937/abstract;
Additional Information This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Bhowmick, K., Furniss, D., Morvan, H. P., Seddon, A. B. and Benson, T. M. (2016), Predictive, Miniature Co-Extrusion of Multilayered Glass Fiber-Optic Preforms. J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 99: 106–114, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jace.13937. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.

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