Silicone impregnated reusable ceramic ablators for mars follow-on missions

31st Thermophysics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages

  Tran, Huy K ^a   Johnson, Christine E ^a   Raskyt, Daniel J ^a,c   Hui, Frank C L ^a   Hsu, Ming Ta ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b HC Chemical Company   (United States)

^c Thermal Protection Materials and Systems Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; CARBON; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CHARACTERIZATION; HEATING; HEATING RATE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RESINS; SILICONES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION TECHNIQUES; LIGHT-WEIGHT CERAMICS; MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; REUSABLE SURFACE INSULATIONS; SILICONE IMPREGNATED REUSABLE CERAMIC ABLATORS; STAGNATION PRESSURES; SUBSTRATE COMPOSITION;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 84861131082     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (13)

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11. Tran, H.K. et al, “Development of Silicone Impregnated Reusable Ceramic Ablators,” NASA TM to be published.
12. Analysis and Measurements were done by Dr. Jochen Marschall of Thermosciences Institute at NASA Ames Research Center.
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