Reentry flight and ground testing experience with hot structures of C/C-SiC material

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 2406-2415

  Hald, H ^a   Ullmann, T ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE VEHICLES; CARBON FIBERS; CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; EROSION; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; HEAT SHIELDING; MATERIALS TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXIDATION RESISTANCE; REENTRY; SILICON CARBIDE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

GROUND TESTING; REUSABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE; THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0042011235     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2003-1667     Document Type: Conference Paper

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