Arcjet testing and analysis of a three-dimensional (3D) woven carbon fabric has shown that it can be used as a thermal protection system and as a load bearing structural component for a low ballistic coefficient hypersonic decelerator called ADEPT (Adaptive Deployable Entry and Placement Technology). Results of arcjet tests proved that the 3D woven carbon fabric can withstand flight-like heating while under flight-like biaxial mechanical loads representative of those encountered during shallow entry flight path angles into the atmosphere of Venus. Importantly, the arcjet test results have been used to extend a preliminary material thermal response model based on previous testing of the same 3D woven carbon fabric under uni-axial mechanical loading.
Thermal and Structural Performance of Woven Carbon Cloth For Adaptive Deployable Entry and Placement Technology
AIAA Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Technology Conference ; 2013 ; Daytona Beach, FL, United States
2013-03-25
Conference paper
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English
British Library Conference Proceedings | 2013
|Adaptable, Deployable, Entry and Placement Technology
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