Ablation Experiments of Ultra-High-Temperature Ceramic Coating on Carbon–Carbon Composite Using ICP Plasma Wind Tunnel
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DOI: 10.1007/s42405-020-00267-6
Abstract: Ablation experiments of four thermal protection system (TPS) candidate specimens, including two UHTCs-coated (HfC and HfC–TiC) specimens, were performed. The specimens were tested at the VKI’s 1.2 MW ICP plasma wind tunnel. Intrusive flow diagnostic techniques… read more here.
Keywords: ablation experiments; icp plasma; carbon; wind tunnel ... See more keywords
The electro-thermal stability of tantalum relative to aluminum and titanium in cylindrical liner ablation experiments at 550 kA
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DOI: 10.1063/1.5012891
Abstract: Presented are the results from the liner ablation experiments conducted at 550 kA on the Michigan Accelerator for Inductive Z-Pinch Experiments. These experiments were performed to evaluate a hypothesis that the electrothermal instability (ETI) is responsible… read more here.
Keywords: tantalum; ablation experiments; liner ablation; aluminum titanium ... See more keywords