Microwave and millimeter wave testing for the inspection of the space shuttle Spray on Foam Insulation (SOFI) and the acreage heat tiles

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 820 I, Issue , 2006, Pages 439-446

  Zoughi, R ^a   Kharkovsky, S ^a   Hepburn, F L ^b  

^a Architectural and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat tiles; Millimeter waves; SOFI

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845396285     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2184561     Document Type: Conference Paper

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