Post-flight evaluation of stardust sample return capsule forebody heatshield material

46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Stackpoole, Mairead ^a   Sepka, Steve ^a   Cozmuta, Ioana ^a   Kontinos, Dean ^b  

^a ELORET CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NASA; THERMOANALYSIS;

AMES RESEARCH CENTERS; DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS; ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES; IMPREGNATED CARBONS; LIGHT-WEIGHT CERAMICS; MICROSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; SAMPLE RETURN CAPSULE; STRENGTH ASSESSMENT;

HEAT FLUX;

EID: 77958492241     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2008-1202     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (5)

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2. Tran, H. K., et al "Phenolic Impregnated Carbon Ablators (PICA) for Discovery Class Missions," AIAA paper # 96-1911, 1996.
3. Chen, Y.-K., and Milos, F.S., "Ablation and Thermal Analysis Program for Spacecraft Heatshield Analysis," Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 36, No. 3, 1999, pp. 475-483.
4. F.S. Milos, Y.-K. Chen and T.H. Squire, "Updated Ablation And Thermal Response Program For Spacecraft Heatshield Analysis," Paper TFAWS06-1008, The 17th Thermal and Fluids Analysis Workshop, University of Maryland, August 2006.
5. F.S. Milos and Y.-K. Chen, "Two-Dimensional Ablation, Thermal Response and Sizing Program for Charring Ablators," AIAA paper 2008-1223, 46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, January 2008.