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Microstructure and gas-surface interaction studies of a low-density carbon-bonded carbon fiber composite in atmospheric entry plasmas Part A Applied science and manufacturing
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In this paper, carbon-bonded carbon fiber (CBCF) composites are used for the production of low-density carbonphenolic thermal protection systems (TPS) for spacecraft.About:
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Advances in oxidation and ablation resistance of high and ultra-high temperature ceramics modified or coated carbon/carbon composites
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reviewed the recent advances in oxidation and ablation resistance of carbon/carbon composites and highlighted some open problems and future challenges in the development and application of these materials.
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Porous-Material Analysis Toolbox Based on OpenFOAM and Applications
Jean Lachaud,Nagi N. Mansour +1 more
TL;DR: The Porous-material Analysis Toolbox as mentioned in this paper is a fully portable OpenFOAM library that is implemented to test innovative multiscale physics-based models for reacting porous materials that undergo recession.
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Experimental investigation of ablation and pyrolysis processes of carbon-phenolic ablators in atmospheric entry plasmas
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate the resistance of carbon-phenolic ablators to high heating conditions and characterize gas-surface interaction phenomena, including the interaction of the pyrolysis gases with the hot plasma flow.
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Modeling the oxidation of low-density carbon fiber material based on micro-tomography
Joseph C. Ferguson,Francesco Panerai,Jean Lachaud,Alexandre Martin,Sean C. C. Bailey,Nagi N. Mansour +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of the diffusion/reaction processes on the decomposition of a porous carbon material in various regimes were investigated using a particle method for simulations of the oxidation process at microscale.
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High temperature permeability of fibrous materials using direct simulation Monte Carlo
TL;DR: In this paper, direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) simulations are used to compute permeability of several fibrous substrates to high temperature gases, and the actual porous geometry of the materials is digitized using X-ray microtomography.
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Molecular Gas Dynamics and the Direct Simulation of Gas Flows
TL;DR: The direct simulation Monte Carlo (or DSMC) method has, in recent years, become widely used in engineering and scientific studies of gas flows that involve low densities or very small physical dimensions as mentioned in this paper.
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Oxidation microstructure studies of reinforced carbon/carbon
TL;DR: In this paper, the results of laboratory studies of reinforced carbon/carbon (RCC) were discussed with particular emphasis on the resulting microstructures, including denuded fibers on the edges of the cracks.
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Collision Integrals of High-Temperature Air Species
TL;DR: In this paper, collision integrals of air species in the temperature range 50 −100,000 K were calculated by using experimental and theoretical informations on potential energy curves and cross sections.
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Multi-Component Diffusion With Application to Computational Aerothermodynamics
K Sutton,P A Gnoffo +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the accuracy and complexity of solving multi-component gaseous diffusion using the detailed multicomponent equations, the Stefan-Maxwell equations, and two commonly used approximate equations have been examined in a two part study.
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Carbon-phenolic ablative materials for re-entry space vehicles: Manufacturing and properties
TL;DR: In this paper, a carbon-phenolic ablative TPS was developed, manufactured and tested with the aim of fulfilling the thermal and mechanical requirements corresponding to the actual loads experienced by a vehicle during a moon-earth re-entry.