Phenolic impregnated carbon ablators (PICA) for discovery class missions

31st Thermophysics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages

  Tran, Huy K ^a   Johnson, Christine E ^a   Rasky, Daniel J ^a,d   Hui, Frank C L ^a   Hsu, Ming Ta ^b   Chen, Y K ^c  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b HC Chem   (United States)

^c Thermosciences Institute   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; PYROMETERS; THERMOCOUPLES;

IMPREGNATED CARBONS; LIGHT-WEIGHT CERAMICS; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; OPTICAL PYROMETERS; STAGNATION PRESSURES; SURFACE DENSIFICATION; THERMAL PENETRATION; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

ABLATION;

EID: 34247172363     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1996-1911     Document Type: Conference Paper

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8. Tran, H.K. et al “Development of Phenolic Impregnated Carbon Ablators,” NASA TM to be published.
9. Analysis and Measurements were done by Dr. Jochen Marschall of Thermosciences Institute at NASA Ames Research Center.