The phenomenon of spallation, a process by which pieces of char "pop off" a heat shield, has been investigated as it occurs in carbon-reinforced phenolic ablators. Spallation is shown to be the result of a pressure buildup within the char. This pressure increase results from occlusion of the char and the consequent blockage of now. By selective fiber orientation, the spallation process can be alleviated. / Master of Science
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/71204 |
| Date | January 1967 |
| Creators | O'Hare, Brian J. |
| Contributors | Aerospace Engineering |
| Publisher | Virginia Polytechnic Institute |
| Source Sets | Virginia Tech Theses and Dissertation |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis, Text |
| Format | 42 leaves, application/pdf, application/pdf |
| Rights | In Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
| Relation | OCLC# 20703002 |
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