Lockheed-Martin conducted extensive material trade studies, and identified a low-modulus carbon-carbon composite as an optimal material for thermal doublers for spacecraft. It provides the best combination of low density, low elastic modulus, low coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE), and high thermal conductivity. The typical properties of C-C thermal doublers are discussed, and the results of thermal performance testing that enabled their insertion into spacecraft are reported.
Carbon-carbon thermal doublers for spacecraft
Advanced Materials & Processes ; 157 , 5 ; 71-73
2000
3 Seiten
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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