Assessing factors of safety, margins of safety, and reliability of thermal protection systems

36th AIAA Thermophysics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Rasky, Daniel J ^a   Kolodziej, Paul ^a   Newfield, Mark E ^a   Laub, Bernie ^a   Chen, Y K ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN APPROACHES; DESIGN-RELIABILITY; ENTRY VEHICLES; FACTOR OF SAFETY; FACTORS OF SAFETIES; RELIABILITY METHODS; STAGNATION POINTS; THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEM;

HEAT SHIELDING; MACHINE DESIGN; PROBES; RELIABILITY; SPACE SHUTTLES; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS; VEHICLES;

SAFETY FACTOR;

EID: 84896769004     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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