Surface Catalysis and Characterization of Proposed Candidate TPS for Access-to-Space Vehicles

Author:: Stewart, David A.
Published:: Jul. 1997.
Physical Description:: 1 electronic document

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Summary:

Surface properties have been obtained on several classes of thermal protection systems (TPS) using data from both side-arm-reactor and arc-jet facilities. Thermochemical stability, optical properties, and coefficients for atom recombination were determined for candidate TPS proposed for single-stage-to-orbit vehicles. The systems included rigid fibrous insulations, blankets, reinforced carbon carbon, and metals. Test techniques, theories used to define arc-jet and side-arm-reactor flow, and material surface properties are described. Total hemispherical emittance and atom recombination coefficients for each candidate TPS are summarized in the form of polynomial and Arrhenius expressions.

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Space Transportation

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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.

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Document ID: 19970026958.
Accession ID: 97N26074.
NAS 1.15:112206.
NASA-TM-112206.
A-976955.

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