타이틀 |
Arc-Heating Tests of Thermal Protection System Materials for the H-II Rocket Fairing |
저자 |
Noriaki HIRABAYASHI, Takashi MATSUZAKI, Yukio FUKUSHIMA, Tomihisa NAKAMURA, Takeshi FUJITA |
Keyword |
Arc-heated wind tunnel; Rocket fairing; Thermal protection system materials; Polycondensed silicon rubber |
URL |
http://send.nal.go.jp/send/jpn/dlpdf.php3/naltr01181.pdf?id=NALTR0001181 |
보고서번호 |
NAL TR-1181 |
발행년도 |
1992.10 |
출처 |
NAL (National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan) |
ABSTRACT |
Materials suitable for the thermal protection system(TPS)of the rocket fairing for the Japanese next generation lauch vehicle named H-II were tested using an arc-heated wind tunnel.The main constituents of the candidate materials were epoxy resin and silicon rubber.The heating rate was from 60~100kW/m2 in accordance with the maximum heating rate of the nose region of an ascending H-II rocket.Test results showed that polycondensed silicon rubber was the best candidate as the main component of the TPS,and also that a SiC coating was indispensable.In addition,based on results and a preliminary estimation of the skin temperatures of the fairing nose region,a SiC coating of about 2 mm in thickness is considered sufficient to achieve thermal protection capability. |