Carbon fiber reinforced carbon composites (C/Cs), are the most promising high-temperature
materials and could be widely applied in aerospace and nucleation fields, owing to their …

Abstract Carbon/carbon (C/C) composites are considered as one of the most promising
materials in structural applications owing to their excellent mechanical properties at high …

To further enhance the ablation resistance properties of thermosetting phenolic resin matrix
composites, in this work, bifunctional alkalic heptaphenyltrisilanol sodium salt polyhedral …

This paper reports a lightweight thermal protection composite with good anti-ablation and
thermal insulation properties for service in high temperature environment. The needle quartz …

A novel lightweight needled carbon fibre felt/phenolic resin (NCF-PR) aerogel composite
was fabricated through vacuum impregnation using NCF as matrix and PR aerogels as filler …

Ablative composites are highly endothermic sacrificial thermal protection materials that are
indispensable to the aerospace industry. Polymeric ablatives are the most versatile and the …

To enhance the ablation resistance of phenolic-based composites, Zr 4+ was coordinated
with Ph-O-of phenolic resin (PR) to obtain the Zr chelated hybrid PR (ZrPR), which reduces …

The thermal, mechanical and ablation properties of carbon fibre/phenolic composites filled
with multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were investigated. Carbon fibre/phenolic …

Aramid fiber has been commonly used in EPDM-based insulators to enhance ablative
resistance as the char layer skeleton, due to its good flexibility and low thermal conductivity …

Ablative composites have been in use for thermal protection of space vehicles for decades.
Carbon-phenolic composites have proven to perform exceptionally well in these …