Ablation behavior of ZrB2-SiC ultra high temperature ceramics under simulated atmospheric re-entry conditions

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 1718-1726

  Zhang, Xinghong ^a   Hu, Ping ^a   Han, Jiecai ^a   Meng, Songhe ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

A. SiC; A. ZrB2; B. Ablation behavior

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; HEAT FLUX; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROPERTIES; HOT PRESSING; MACH NUMBER; PRESSURE DROP; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOOXIDATION;

CONFIGURATIONAL STABILITY; GROUND SIMULATED ATMOSPHERIC RE-ENTRY; STAGNATION PRESSURE; ULTRA HIGH TEMPERATURE CERAMIC;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

CERAMICS; COMPOSITE; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATION; OXIDATION; PRESSING;

EID: 42249098072     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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