The Pre-X atmospheric re-entry experimental lifting body: Program status and system synthesis

Thermal shock resistance of a 2D-C/SiC composite and its damage mechanisms

“…[1][2][3][4] The components, made of C/SiC, are often used in thermomechanical environments where thermal shock/transient thermal conditions (a sudden change in temperature) always take place. Therefore, it is rather important to reveal the resistance to the thermal shock and associated damage mechanisms for the composite.…”

Mechanical properties of a carbon fiber reinforced self-healing multilayered matrix composite at elevated temperatures

“…Therefore, it has great potential in application as structural components at high temperature [1][2][3]. However, the carbon fibers and pyrocarbon interface (PyC) can be oxidized in presence of oxygen at temperature lower than 500 • C [4].…”

Aerodynamic Heating at Hypersonic Speed

“…In 2006-2007 on TsNIImash's experimental base in a piston gasdynamic wind tunnel PGU-7 a heat transfer study has been conducted on a small-scale model of Pre-X reentry demonstrator (Baiocco, 2006). This vehicle is designed to obtain in flight conditions experimental data pertaining to aerothermodynamic phenomena that are not modeled in ground tests, but they are critical for design of a vehicle returning from the Earth's orbit.…”

“…Here results of computations are presented which have been made to numerically reproduce the observed experimental effect. The second case is hypersonic flow over a test model of the Pre-X demonstrator (Baiocco et al, 2006), designed to glide in the Earth's atmosphere. A comparison between thermovision experimental data on heat flux obtained in TsNIImash and calculation results is made.…”