Abstract
The oxidation at high Knudsen number of FiberForm® , the matrix material of NASA's Phenolic Impregnated Carbon Ablator, is investigated both experimentally and numerically. The experimental setup consists of a quartz tube through a clamshell heater. Mass loss and recession of carbon preform samples are measured at temperatures between 700 and 1300 K and pressures around 2000 Pa. A volume average fiber-scale oxidation model is used to model the setup and extract the effective reactivity of the material. New values for carbon fiber reactivity are suggested and discussed.
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
1-2014
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2014-1208
Repository Citation
Panerai, Francesco; Mansour, Nagi N.; Lachaud, Jean; and Martin, Alexandre, "Experimental and Numerical Study of Carbon Fiber Oxidation" (2014). Mechanical Engineering Faculty Publications. 4.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/me_facpub/4
Notes/Citation Information
Published in the Proceedings of the 52nd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Paper 2014-1208, p. 1-15.
Copyright © 2014 by Francesco Panerai, Nagi N. Mansour, Jean Lachaud, and Alexandre Martin.
The copyright holders have granted the permission for posting the article here.