Showcase Project
 

Heat Shield Ablator Material Screening and Development

Problem Statement and Objectives

NASA needed samples of arc-jets supplied to them for ablator tests and
mechanical (flexure) test evaluations. ARA put together multiple samples of phenolic materials defined and specified by NASA.

  • Support NASA screening tests of ablator materials

  • Perform pretest analysis to support sample design

  • Fabricate arc-jet test samples of different sizes

  • Fabricate mechanical flexural test samples

  • Conduct analytical heat-shield production studies
     

Results and Benefits

Delivered a total of 72 ablator test samples to NASA Ames for arc-jet and mechanical (flexure) test evaluation.
  

 

Ablative TPS "Iso-Q" test sample for arc-jet testing

 

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