Ablative Thermal Protection Systems Modeling

1 Thermal Protection System conception 2 Conservation laws for a multispecies gaseous medium 3 Elementary chemical reactions modelling 4 Approximate methods 5 Ablation of carbon 6 Roughness formation 7 Turbulence and laminar-turbulent transition 8 Pyrolysis and pyrolyzable materials 9 Materials developing a liquid layer 10 Radiation 11 Erosion by particle impact 12 Testing and specific test facilities A Approximate solutions of Stefan-Maxwell equation B Approximation of thermodynamic properties C System with variable elemental composition D Homogenization of an inhomogeneous rough surface E Mass loss by pyrolysis F Water in phenolic composite materials G Radiative transfer in a plane interface of silica Bibliography Index