Ablation Workshop

Experimental Data Need for High-Fidelity Material-Response Models

Jean R. Lachaud, University of California, Santa Cruz
Ioana Cozmuta, NASA Ames Research Center
Nagi N. Mansour, NASA Ames Research Center

1:30 PM

Experimental Characterization Methods for Three-Dimensional Microstructure Analysis

Elizabeth C. Dickey, North Carolina State University

1:55 PM

Internal Reactions in Porous Carbon Chars – Flow-Tube Reactor Approach

Eliza Jochen Marschall, SRI International

2:20 PM

Characterizing Ablator Properties – Review of Some Techniques and Challenges in Obtaining Meaningful Data

Jay Feldman, ERC Inc.
Mairead Stackpoole, ERC Inc.

2:45 PM

Mass Spectrometry of Pyrolysis Products during Thermal Decomposition of Ablator Materials

Jason D. White, SRI International
Jochen Marschall, SRI International

3:25 PM

Using FT-IR Spectroscopy to Elucidate the Structures of Ablative Polymers

Wendy Fan, ERC Inc.

3:50 PM

Measurement of Mass Transport Properties of Carbon Phenolic Ablator Materials and Their Relationship to Material Behavior in Use Environments

Eric Stokes, Southern Research Institute

4:15 PM

Nitric Oxide PLIF Measurements in the Hypersonic Materials Environmental Test System (HYMETS)

Paul M. Danehy, NASA Langley Research Center

4:40 PM