Advanced ceramic matrix composites for TPS
- Author
- Rasky, Daniel J.
- Published
- Oct 1, 1992.
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- 1 electronic document
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- Recent advances in ceramic matrix composite (CMC) technology provide considerable opportunity for application to future aircraft thermal protection system (TPS), providing materials with higher temperature capability, lower weight, and higher strength and stiffness than traditional materials. The Thermal Protection Material Branch at NASA Ames Research Center has been making significant progress in the development, characterization, and entry simulation (arc-jet) testing of new CMC's. This protection gives a general overview of the Ames Thermal Protection Materials Branch research activities, followed by more detailed descriptions of recent advances in very-high temperature Zr and Hf based ceramics, high temperature, high strength SiC matrix composites, and some activities in polymer precursors and ceramic coating processing. The presentation closes with a brief comparison of maximum heat flux capabilities of advanced TPS materials.
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- NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
- Note
- Document ID: 19930003262.
Accession ID: 93N12450.
NASA. Langley Research Center, Current Technology for Thermal Protection Systems; p 43-61. - Terms of Use and Reproduction
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