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Melting ablation for two dimensional and axisymmetric blunt bodies with body force, predicting gas-liquid interface temperature for free stream conditions
Viscous radiating flowfield coupled with ablation for computations on blunt body entering earth atmosphere at interplanetary return velocities
Ablation of heat shielding materials subjected to superorbital reentry conditions, noting dependence on heating rate to surface
Faint meteor ablation processes, presenting evidence of solid consistency prior to atmospheric entry, vaporization, wake blending and trails
Ablative materials for thermal protection at low convective heating rates, comparing foam and state-of-art materials performance
Radiative heating rates and gas environments effects on ablative material performance from tests at arc image facility
Cone roll dynamics-ablation patterns coupling in hypersonic wind tunnels
Ablative materials performance in high radiative heat flux environments produced by CW carbon dioxide laser
Gas phase chemical reactions effect on heat transfer to charring ablator, deriving numerical solution for multicomponent stagnation point flow
Teflon crosshatched ablation patterns elimination by grooving or glass filler addition
Charring ablative composites pyrolysis products composition determination, comparing chemical analysis techniques
Analysis of charring ablation with description of associated computing program
Low cost, ablative heat shield for space shuttles
Ablation performance of glasslike carbons, pyrolytic graphite, and artificial graphite in stagnation pressure range 0.035 to 15 atm
Design, development, and characteristics of ablation structures
Performance of low density silicone-phenolic and commercial ablative composites
Evaluating effect of liquid fuel injectants on ablative performance of low cost nozzle materials
Development of low cost ablative heat shields for space shuttles