Plasma wind tunnel testing of ultra-high temperature ZrB2-SiC composites under hypersonic re-entry conditions

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2313-2321

  Monteverde, Frederic ^a   Savino, Raffaele ^b   Fumo, Mario De Stefano ^b   Di Maso, Andrea ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR CERAMICS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arc jet testing; Borides; Electron microscopy; Hot pressing; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

ARC-JET TESTING; DIFFERENT BOUNDARY CONDITION; DISSOCIATED FLOW; ENTHALPY FLOW; HOT GAS FLOW; HYPERSONIC RE-ENTRY; KEY PARAMETERS; LAYERED OXIDES; MICROSTRUCTURAL FEATURES; OPTICAL PYROMETERS; PLASMA WIND TUNNELS; POINT TEMPERATURE; REACTING GAS; SPECTRAL EMISSIVITY; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; THERMAL HEATING; THERMAL PROPERTIES; ULTRA-HIGH-TEMPERATURE CERAMICS; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE; WALL HEAT FLUX;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BORIDES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; GAS MIXTURES; HOT PRESSING; MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; PYROMETERS; REENTRY; SCALE (DEPOSITS); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON CARBIDE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; WIND TUNNELS;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 77953543061     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2010.01.029     Document Type: Article

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