Response modeling of lightweight charring ablators and thermal-radiation testing results

39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Congdon, William M ^a   Curry, Donald M ^b   Collins, Timothy J ^c  

^a APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT RADIATION; NASA; PROPULSION;

ANALYTICAL PREDICTIONS; CHARRING ABLATORS; CONVECTIVE HEATING; EXPLORER MISSIONS; IN-SPACE PROPULSION; RADIATION ABLATIONS; RADIATION ENVIRONMENTS; THERMALABLATION;

SOFTWARE TESTING;

EID: 85088346716     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2003-4657     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (11)

1. W.M. Congdon and D.M. Curry, "New Families of Lightweight Charring Ablators for Diverse Heating Environments from 10 to 1000 Btu/ft2-sec, " Technical Paper for Tri-Services Symposium on Advances in Heat-Shield Technology, Redstone Arsenal, AL, May 2000.
2. W.M. Congdon and D.M. Curry, "New Family System of Lightweight Charring Ablators with Advanced CNC Manufacturing for Mars Entry and Return Missions, " AIAA Paper No. 2001-1368, 42nd AIAA Materials Conference, Seattle, WA, April 2001.
3. W.M. Congdon and D.M. Curry, "Thermal Performance of Advanced Charring Ablator Systems for Future Robotic and Manned Missions to Mars, " AIAA Paper No. 2001-2829, 35th AIAA Thermophysics Conference, Anaheim, CA, June 2001.
4. W.M. Congdon and D.M. Curry, Arc-Jet Testing and Thermal-Response Modeling of Advanced Lightweight Charring Ablators, " AIAA Paper No. 2002-2999, 8th AIAA/ASME Joint Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference, St. Louis, MO, June 2002.
5. B. James, M. Munk, and S. Moon, Development of Aerocapture Technologies, " AIAA Paper No 2002-2103, 17th AIAA Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Technology Conference, Monterey, CA, May 2003.
6. J. Olenjniczak, D. Prabhu, M. Wright, N. Takashima, D. Hollis, and K. Sutton, "An Analysis of the Radiative Heating Environment for Aerocapture at Titan, " AIAA Paper No. 2003-4953, AIAA Joint Propulsion Conference, Huntsville, AL, July 2003.
7. B. Laub, "Thermal Protection Concepts and Issues for Aerocapture at Titan, " AIAA Paper No. 2003-4954, AIAA Joint Propulsion Conference, Huntsville, AL, July 2003.
8. W.M. Congdon and D.M. Curry, "Advanced CNC Manufacturing of Composite Thermal Protection Systems for Hypersonic Missiles and Entry Vehicles, " Technical Paper for Tri-Services Symposium on Advances in Heat-Shield Technology, Redstone Arsenal, AL, May 2000.
9. W.M. Congdon, "Arc-Jet Evaluation Testing of Advanced SCBA Charring Ablators for JPL's Mars Smart Lander Mission in 2009, " Final Report for NASA/JPL Contract 1229683, ARA-0655-R-02, May 2002.
10. W.M. Congdon, "Test and Analysis of the Thermal Protection System for the Mars Pathfinder Entry Vehicle, " ARA Contract Report ARA-5938-R-062, NASA/JPL Contract 959983, May 1995.
11. W.M. Congdon, "Thermal Radiation Characteristics of the Mars Heat Shield Material-for Flight Data Analysis, " AIAA Paper No. 96-1888, 31st AIAA Thermocphysics Conference, New Orleans, LA, June 1996.