Engineering Commons^™

Testing Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics For Thermal Protection And Rocket Applications, Raffaele Savino

Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics: Materials for Extreme Environment Applications IV

The work is focused on experimental aerothermodynamic characterization of Ultra-High-Temperature Ceramic materials for aerospace applications. These materials are assuming an increasing importance in aerospace research because their high temperature resistance makes them interesting to develop components for extreme applications, such as thermal protection systems for hypersonic or atmospheric reusable re-entry vehicles, specific components for propulsion, combustion chambers, engines intakes or rocket nozzles. In order to test the materials behavior in extreme relevant environments, different facilities are available, including supersonic arc-jet wind tunnels and lab-scaled rocket motors.

Typical activities include the design of prototypes for the experimental campaigns, tests on material …