Bioenergy has emerged to be among the primary choices for the short-and medium-term
replacement of fossil fuels and the reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The most …

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 …

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

Catastrophic breakdown that occurs during the flight of supersonic vehicles demands more
focused research in the insulation of rocket engines. At present, optimization of polymeric …

To achieve uniform distribution of heteroatoms in silicone rubber, further simultaneously
improving the flexibility and ablation resistance, polydimethylsiloxane with an …

The present work innovatively investigates the one-sided flame heating thermal response
and pyrolysis behavior of carbon fiber/phthalonitrile (Cf/PN) composite laminates. The …

Mesoporous silica particles were used as reinforcement of a phenolic resin to develop new
ablative materials. A resol type phenolic resin was filled with mesoporous silica particles …

This review addresses a comparison, based on the literature, among nitrile rubber (NBR),
ethylene-propylene-diene-monomer rubber (EPDM), and polyurethane (PU) elastomeric …

Nanostructured materials have recently received a growing amount of attention due to their
unique properties and wide range of vital applications. In this study, Fe 3 O 4 nanoparticles …

At present, silicone rubber-based ablative composites are usually enhanced by carbon
fibers (CFs) to protect the case of solid rocket motors (SRMs). However, the effect of the CFs' …