Preliminary tests of non-ablative thermal protection materials

The test results of non-ablative ultra-high temperature ceramic materials (UHTC) in one of the plasma wind tunnels of CARDC are introduced in this paper. Three types of materials, namely model C (15、10) ,Y and S(30、15、10),were tested under a subsonic condition with stagnation point heat flux of 478W/ cm2,enthalpy of 27.9 MJ/kg and stagnation point pressure of 18kPa. The test models were in flat cylinder shape with a diameter of 20mm. The length variation and mass loss and surface temperature of each test model were measured .Test results showed that model Y surface temperature reached 1930℃ with little surface char-acteristics change,model S surface temperature reached 1964℃ with an oxidation layer formed and model C surface temperature reached 2462℃ yet experienced severe ablation. Preliminary analyses of the tested materi-als in terms of surface characteristics change, anti-oxidation characteristics and surface radiation characteristics are also presented.