We study the ablation and transient pyrolysis outgassing of the carbon-phenolic ablators
AQ61 and Asterm in air and nitrogen plasmas. We investigate their resistance to high …

Spacecraft entering a planetary atmosphere are surrounded by a plasma layer containing
high levels of ionization, due to the extreme temperatures in the shock layer. The high …

Carbon-bonded carbon fiber (CBCF) composites are a cost-effective solution for the
production of low-density carbon-phenolic Thermal Protection Systems (TPS). This new TPS …

The passive/active oxidation behavior of a CVD-SiC coated C/C-SiC thermal protection
material of the hypersonic SpaceLiner vehicle is investigated experimentally. For the safety …

We investigated the potential of thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer nanocomposites
(TPUNs) as alternative elastomeric heat shielding materials (EHSMs) in ablative …

Inductively coupled plasma wind tunnels are crucial for replicating hypersonic flight
conditions in ground testing. Achieving the desired conditions (eg, stagnation-point heat …

Accurate prediction of the gas-surface interaction during spacecraft reentry remains a
challenging problem for thermal protection system design. Attempts to model the surface …

Atmospheric entry flights, combusting flows, experiments in high-enthalpy tunnels are
examples of aerospace problems in which an accurate computation of the transport …

An Argon plasma free jet is investigated using spectrally narrow bandpass filtered high-
speed imaging. The images were captured at 16 kHz with an exposure time of 3.9 μs and …

Abstract 3D Carbon-fiber reinforced carbon composites (3D C f/C) are widely used as
thermostructural protections in various applications. Among them, thermal protection …