Silicone polymer composites for thermal protection system: Fiber reinforcements, microstructures, and performance

45th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Koo, Joseph H ^a,e   Miller, Mark J ^b,f   Weispfenning, Jon ^c,g   Blackmon, Charles ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b BAE SYSTEMS   (United States)

^c CYTEC INDUSTRIES INC   (United States)

^d NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^e The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^f US Combat Systems   (United States)

^g Ablatives and Carbon Carbon Materials   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA FILLERS; EXHAUST PLUMES; FIBER MAT; FIBER REINFORCEMENT; FLAME IMPINGEMENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MASS LOSS; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; PLY ANGLES; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; SDL; SILICONE POLYMERS; SOLID ROCKET MOTORS; SOLID ROCKETS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; THERMAL PROTECTION; THERMAL PROTECTION MATERIAL; THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEM; THERMAL STABILITY;

FILLERS; LAUNCHING; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; PHENOLS; QUARTZ; REINFORCEMENT; ROCKET ENGINES; ROCKETS; SILICA; SILICONES;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 77957830236     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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