جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « erosion rate » در نشریات گروه « مهندسی شیمی، نفت و پلیمر »

Glass fiber/phenolic composites are effectively used as heat shields for fabrication of cooled combustion chambers. To improve the performance of these composites as well as to lower their costs, the use of nanosized silicon dioxide (SiO2) particles has been adopted. In this work, we investigated the effect of nanosilica on properties, heat stability and ablation properties of glass fiber/phenolic composites. Glass fiber/phenolic/nanosilica composites were made of 1, 2 and 3 wt% of well-dispersed silica nanoparticals in a phenolic resin. The average size of silica nanoparticals was 45 nm. These nanocomposites were prepared by hot-press process. Ablation properties of the composites were studied by oxy-acetylene torch environment and their mass and linear erosion rates were evaluated. The thermal stability of the produced composite structures was examined by means of thermal gravimetric analysis in air with dynamic scans at a heating rate of 10°C/min from room temperature to 800°C. Bulk samples, of about 20 ±1 mg each, were tested. The results indicated that nano-SiO2 increased the thermal stability of nanocomposites so that their linear and mass erosion rates after modifying with 3 wt% nanosilica dropped by 58% and 53%, respectively. The 3-point bending test results showed that bending strength and modulus of the as-received composites increased with percentage nanosilica added up to 2 wt%, beyond which they decreased. For the glass fiber/phenolic composites with 2 wt% nanosilica particles, embedded in the matrix, strength and modulus increased about 40% and 19%, respectively, in comparison to those for neat glass/phenolic composite.

Ablative materials play a strategic role in aerospace industry. These materialsproduce a thermal protection system which protects the structure، theaerodynamic surfaces and the payload of vehicles and probes duringhypersonic flight through a planetary atmosphere. In this work، we investigatedthe effect of refractory zirconium oxide on mechanical، heat stability and ablationproperties of asbestos/phenolic/zirconia composites. The asbestos/phenolic/zirconiacomposites were produced with different percentages of zirconia filler from 7 to 21%with average size of 7 μm and different number of layers of asbestos، say 3 to 6layers. These ablative composites were made by an autoclave curing cycle process. The densities of the composites were in the range of 1. 68 to 1. 88 g/cm3. Ablation properties of composites were determined by oxy-acetylene torch environment and burn-through time، erosion rates and back surface temperature in the first required 20 seconds. Thermal stability of the produced materials was estimated by means of thermal gravimetric analysis، in both air and nitrogen which consisted of dynamic scans at a heating rate of 10°C/min from 30 to 1000°C with bulk samples of about 20±1 mg. The results showed that when the amount of zirconia was raised from 7% to 21%، the erosion rate and the back surface temperature of composites increased by about 24% and 26% respectively، and the heat capacity of the composites increased byabout 85%. Also، the result showed that when the thickness of composites of 4. 2 mm was increased to 10. 1mm the burn-through time raised by about 226% and erosion rate dropped by about 41%. These composites displayed the maximum flexural strength when the amount of zirconia was about 14%.