Thermal protection systems for space vehicles: A review on technology development, current challenges and future prospects

O Uyanna, H Najafi - Acta Astronautica, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Thermal Protection System (TPS) is an essential component of space vehicles to
protect them against the aerothermal heating imposed on them during the atmospheric …

Oxidation of ultrahigh temperature ceramics: kinetics, mechanisms, and applications

KA Kane, BA Pint, D Mitchell, JA Haynes - Journal of the European Ceramic …, 2021 - Elsevier
Materials capable of oxidizing in a protective manner at ultrahigh (> 1700° C) temperatures
are needed to push beyond this barrier defined by SiC. Although possessing attractive …

Qualification and reusability of long and short fibre-reinforced ultra-refractory composites for aerospace thermal protection systems

S Mungiguerra, L Silvestroni, R Savino, L Zoli, B Esser… - Corrosion …, 2022 - Elsevier
Qualification and reusability campaigns were performed on ultra-high temperature ceramic
matrix composites (UHTCMCs) made of a ZrB 2-SiC matrix with short/long carbon fibre to …

Ultra-high-temperature testing of sintered ZrB2-based ceramic composites in atmospheric re-entry environment

S Mungiguerra, GD Di Martino, A Cecere… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
An experimental campaign has been carried out to characterize a new class of Ultra-High-
Temperature Ceramic Matrix Composites for near-zero ablation Thermal Protection …

Effect of PyC interface phase on the cyclic ablation resistance and flexural properties of two-dimensional Cf/HfC composites

T Feng, M Tong, S Yao, H Li, S Wen, H Lin - Journal of the European …, 2021 - Elsevier
Composites based on hafnium carbide and reinforced with continuous naked carbon fiber
with and without PyC interface were prepared at low temperature by precursor infiltration …

Oxidation of graphene-modified HfB2-SiC ceramics by supersonic dissociated air flow

EP Simonenko, NP Simonenko, AF Kolesnikov… - Journal of the European …, 2022 - Elsevier
The oxidation resistance of ultra-high-temperature ceramic material (HfB 2-30 vol% SiC)-2
vol% rGO (rGO: reduced graphene oxide) under long-term exposure (2000s) to a supersonic …

Characterization of novel ceramic composites for rocket nozzles in high-temperature harsh environments

S Mungiguerra, GD Di Martino, R Savino, L Zoli… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper presents the results of experimental tests for the characterization of Ultra-High-
Temperature Ceramic Matrix Composite (UHTCMC) materials for near-zero erosion rocket …

Mechanical properties and microstructure of Cf/ZrC-SiC and Cf/SiC composites produced by precursor infiltration and pyrolysis combined with gaseous silicon …

C Yan, Y Li, H Cheng, Z Wu, F Liu, R Liu - Journal of Alloys and …, 2022 - Elsevier
C f/SiC and C f/ZrC-SiC composites were fabricated via a novel combined process, which
achieved a lower open porosity below 8% compared with the single PIP process …

Improved aero-thermal resistance capabilities of ZrB2-based ceramics in hypersonic environment for increasing SiC content

S Mungiguerra, A Cecere, R Savino, F Saraga… - Corrosion …, 2021 - Elsevier
The effects of SiC content on aero-thermal resistance capabilities of ZrB 2-xSiC-5Y 2 O 3
ceramics (x= 5, 10, 15, 18.5 vol%) in atmospheric re-entry environment were investigated …

[HTML][HTML] Ablation behaviour of C/C-HfC-SiC composites prepared by joint route of precursor infiltration and pyrolysis and gaseous silicon infiltration

J Zhang, XIN Yuepeng, W Running… - Chinese Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract C/C-SiC-HfC composites were fabricated by using Precursor Infiltration and
Pyrolysis (PIP) combined with Gaseous Silicon Infiltration (GSI) process. Different GSI …