Publikationsdatum:
2019-07-13
Beschreibung:
Phenolic Impregnated Carbon Ablator (PICA) is a member of the family of Lightweight Ceramic Ablators (LCAs) and was developed at NASA Ames Research Center as a thermal protection system (TPS) material for the Stardust mission probe that entered the Earth s atmosphere faster than any other probe or vehicle to date. PICA, carbon fiberform base and phenolic polymer, shows excellent thermal insulative properties at heating rates from about 250 W/sq cm to 1000 W/sq cm. The density of standard PICA - 0.26 g/cu cm to 0.28 g/cu cm - can be changed by changing the concentration of the phenolic resin. By adding polymers to the phenolic resin before curing it is possible to significantly improve the mechanical properties of PICA without significantly increasing the density.
Schlagwort(e):
Composite Materials
Materialart:
ARC-E-DAA-TN3674
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National Space and Missile Materials Symposium; Jun 27, 2011 - Jun 30, 2011; Madison, WI; United States
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application/pdf
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