Numerical Study on the Drawing of Polymer Optical Fibers in Steady State

• Fukutani Kazuhisa

  Mechanical Engineering Research Laboratory, Kobe Steel, Ltd.

• Suzuki Hiroshi

  Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University

• Usui Hiromoto

  Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Kobe University

Abstract

A numerical model of the drawing of polymer optical fibers (POF) in a steady state has been developed. The continuity and the momentum equations were one-dimensionally treated in the drawing direction, and the energy equation was axisymmetrically solved in the present model. A parameter study on the drawing of optical fibers made of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) has been also carried out. The effects of the drawing velocity, the distributions of its ambient temperature and its heat transfer rate were focused on as parameters in this paper. From the results, it is found that five times longer heater than that of the known furnace or the exchange of the ambient gas from air into helium for higher heat transfer rates is required for five times higher-speed drawing.

Journal

• JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING OF JAPAN

  JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING OF JAPAN 39 (8), 790-797, 2006

  The Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan

Keywords

• Polymer
• Optical Fiber
• Drawing
• Numerical Model
• Numerical Analysis

Details

• CRID: 1390001204568908544
• NII Article ID: 10018206057
• NII Book ID: AA00709658
• DOI: 10.1252/jcej.39.790
• ISSN: 18811299
• ISSN: 00219592
• NDL BIB ID: 8018014
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I8018014
• Web Site: http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jcej/39/8/39_8_790/_pdf
• Text Lang: en
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