Abstract Ultra-High-Temperature Ceramic (UHTC) materials, because of their high
temperature resistance, are suitable as thermal protection systems for re-entry vehicles or …

Ablative materials are commonly used to protect the nozzle metallic housing and to provide
the internal contour to expand the exhaust gases in both solid and hybrid rockets. Because …

This paper presents the results of experimental tests for the characterization of Ultra-High-
Temperature Ceramic Matrix Composite (UHTCMC) materials for near-zero erosion rocket …

Nozzle throat erosion in hybrid rocket engines is generally more emphasized than in solid
rockets due to a greater concentration of oxidizing species in the combustion products …

Nozzle erosion predictions are fundamental to increase the technology readiness level of
hybrid rocket engines. In this work, Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes simulations of the …

Numerical simulations of the flowfield in a gaseous oxygen/hydroxyl-terminated
polybutadiene hybrid rocket engine are carried out with a Reynolds-averaged Navier …

Ablative materials are commonly used to protect the nozzle metallic housing and to provide
the internal contour to expand the exhaust gases in solid rocket motors. Because of the …

Abstract Ablation of C/C–ZrC composites in a solid rocket motor environment was
investigated. The chemical compositions of the combustion gases were calculated using the …

This work deals with experimental characterisation of ultra-high-temperature ceramic
materials for aerospace applications. Current research activities are focused on …

A new two-dimensional ablation analysis code (MOPAR-MD) capable of modeling
pyrolyzing thermal protection system materials is presented. Favorable agreement with …