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The purpose of this paper is to propose and assess the possibility of using ceramic coating layer as a heat-resistant material in micro solid propellant thruster.
A ceramic layer is coated on the inner surface of the combustor of a micro thruster by applying micro-arc oxidation (MAO) technology. The thermal property of the coating is analyzed with laser pulse method. To evaluate the heat-resistant performance of the coating, the temperature history of the micro thruster inner surface is experimentally tested and recorded in a water thermostat bath. A numerical simulation of the thruster working condition is also carried out.
Both experimental and simulation results reveal that the heat-resistant ability of the coating processed by MAO is proven to be effective.
This paper attempts to help designers choose material processing technology to improve micro solid propellant thruster heat-resistant ability.
The paper shows that with a ceramic coating layer processed with MAO, aluminium can sustain higher temperature and it can be used as the structural material for short-time-work micro thruster.
Application of MAO-processed ceramic layer in micro thrusters
Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology ; 83 , 1 ; 21-25
2011-01-25
5 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Application of MAO-processed ceramic layer in micro thrusters
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