Lightweight TUFROC TPS for hypersonic vehicles

A Collection of Technical Papers - 14th AIAA/AHI International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 390-399

  Stewart, David A ^a,b   Leiser, Daniel B ^a,b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Thermal Protection Materials and Systems Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA ENHANCED THERMAL BARRIER (AETB); REFRACTORY OXIDATION-RESISTANT CERAMIC CARBON INSULATION (ROCCI); THERMAL PROTECTION;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; HYPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS; LIGHT WEIGHT STRUCTURES; OXIDATION; REENTRY;

AEROSPACE VEHICLES;

EID: 33947196859     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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