Behavior Of Plastic Materials In Hyperthermal Environments

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Report Number: WADC TR 59-574
Author(s): Schmidt, Donald L.
Corporate Author(s): Materials Laboratory
Laboratory: Materials Laboratory
Date of Publication: 1959-06
Pages: 72
Contract: Laboratory Research - No Contract
DoD Project: 7340
DoD Task: 73400
Identifier: AD0237362

Abstract:
A systematic investigation of the behavior of plastic materials in very high temperature air is reported. Several test models of various compositions and constructions were exposed in the air plasma of a one megawatt stabilized electric arc. Both descriptive and quantitative data were obtained on the characteristics and physical properties of the ablative materials. A thermal analysis of quasi steady-state ablation at the stagnation point of the test models was performed. Individual heat transfer parameters were numerically estimated for the plastic materials and test conditions under consideration.

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