Material Ablation Conduction Erosion (MACE)©

The Material Ablation Conduction Erosion (MACE)© program solves the 1-D heat conduction equation, including mechanisms that control internal decomposition. The surface boundary can be determined by simple conduction, constant temperature sublimation, a Munson-Spindler-type relationship, a C-3 carbon-oxygen reaction, or a generalized chemistry boundary condition. In addition to the above boundary conditions, the surface material can be removed by mechanical erosion.

Convective heat transfers and boundary layer properties can be input directly or input through a files link with an aeroheating program. Heating rates can be modified by angle-of-attack, surface roughness, non-isothermal wall, or protuberance heating.

Stuart Dunn

Senior Research Engineer
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