A new conformal type of phenolic impregnated carbon ablator was manufactured by resin impregnation of carbon felt. Based on property measurements of the conformal material and the existing model for a standard, rigid phenolic impregnated carbon ablator, a midfidelity material response model for the conformal material was developed. The rigid and conformal materials were arcjet tested simultaneously on a sphere-cone geometry in several environments with frustum heat flux up to 380 W / cm 2 . Good agreement between the predictions and data was obtained for recession, surface temperature, and in-depth temperatures. The conformal material has a slightly greater ablation rate but significantly lower thermal diffusivity than the rigid material.


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    Title :

    Conformal Phenolic Impregnated Carbon Ablator Arcjet Testing, Ablation, and Thermal Response


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    Publication date :

    2015-04-29


    Size :

    9 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English