Toughened Unipiece Fibrous Reinforced Oxidation-resistant Composite (TUFROC) is a tiled Thermal Protection System (TPS) suitable for reusable entry heating at 2900+ °F and with single use potential up to at least 3600 °F. TUFROC was initially developed for NASA's X-37 project and ultimately resulted in use on the Air Force X-37B as the wing leading edge (WLE) of the vehicle. TUFROC has similar high temperature capability compared with carbon/carbon, but is manufactured at an order of magnitude lower cost & faster schedule.
TUFROC Thermal Protection System
2019 Hypersonic Technology & Systems Conference (HTSC) ; 2019 ; Springfield, VA, United States
2019-08-26
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
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Englisch
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