Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
Ablatable Thermal Protection System (TPS) coatings are used on the Space Shuttle Vehicle Solid Rocket Boosters in order to protect the aluminum structure from experiencing excessive temperatures. The methodology used to characterize the recession of such materials is outlined. Details of the tests, including the facility, test articles and test article processing are also presented. The recession rates are collapsed into an empirical power-law relation. A design curve is defined using a 95-percentile student-t distribution. based on the nominal results. Actual test results are presented for the current acreage TPS material used.
Keywords:
Nonmetallic Materials
Type:
AIAA Paper 2002-3334
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8th AIAA/ASME Joint Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference; Jun 24, 2002 - Jun 27, 2002; Saint Louis, MO; United States
Format:
application/pdf