Experimental characterization of ablative materials by plasma jet
Abstract
After a brief recall of the principal physical and chemical phenomena put into play during the process of ablation and a succinct description of synthetic plasma generators presently in use, the current work discusses the performance of these generators in different material test configurations. It is concluded that plasma generators are a means of testing that is very well-adapted to the study of thermal protection materials for a vehicle reentering the atmosphere.
- Publication:
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Association Aeronautique et Astronautique de France
- Pub Date:
- November 1974
- Bibcode:
- 1974aaaf.collQ....L
- Keywords:
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- Ablative Materials;
- Materials Tests;
- Plasma Jets;
- Reentry Vehicles;
- Rocket Nose Cones;
- Thermal Protection;
- Convective Flow;
- Enthalpy;
- Gas Flow;
- Heat Flux;
- Plasma Generators;
- Rocket Engines;
- Thermal Control Coatings;
- Velocity Distribution;
- Wall Temperature;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer