High rates of recession in arc jet shear tests of Phenolic Impregnated Carbon Ablator (PICA) inspired a series of tests and analysis on FiberForm (a carbon preform used in the fabrication of PICA). Arc jet tests were performed on FiberForm in both air and pure nitrogen for stagnation and shear configurations. The nitrogen tests showed little or no recession, while the air tests of FiberForm showed recession rates similar to that of PICA (when adjusted for the difference in density). While mechanical erosion can not be ruled out, this is the first step in doing so. Analysis using a carbon oxidation boundary condition within DPLR was used to predict the recession rate of FiberForm. The analysis indicates that much of the anomalous recession behavior seen in shear tests may simply be an artifact of the non-flight like test configuration (copper upstream of the test article) a result of dissimilar enthalpy and oxygen concentration profiles on the copper. Shape change effects were also investigated and shown to be relatively small.
Understanding High Recession Rates of Carbon Ablators Seen in Shear Tests in an Arc Jet
48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting ; 2010 ; Orlando, FL, United States
2010-01-04
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Keine Angabe
Englisch
UNDERSTANDING HIGH RECESSION RATES OF CARBON ABLATORS SEEN IN SHEAR TESTS IN AN ARC JET
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