Arc jet testing in a shear environment for Mars Science Laboratory thermal protection system

41st AIAA Thermophysics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Driver, David M ^a,d   Carballo, J Enrique ^a,e   Beck, Robin ^a,d   Prabhu, Dinesh ^a,f   Santos, Jose A ^a   Cassell, Alan ^a,f   Skokova, Kristina ^a,f   Tang, Chun ^a,d   Hwang, Helen H ^a,d   Slimko, Eric ^b   Willcockson, William ^c   Songer, Jarvis ^c  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^d Reacting Flow Branch   (United States)

^e Thermophysics Facility Branch   (United States)

^f ELORET CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT ENVELOPES; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; NASA; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS;

DAMAGE SCENARIOS; IMPREGNATED CARBONS; MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY; MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY MISSIONS; MATERIAL RESPONSE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SHEAR ENVIRONMENTS; THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEM;

HEAT SHIELDING;

EID: 77958486935     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2009-4230     Document Type: Conference Paper

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