Study of convective heat transfer in high velocities coupled to heat conduction considering ablation in aerospace materials

• Grant number: 94/00403-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Doctorate
• Start date: September 01, 1994
• End date: August 31, 1998
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Mechanical Engineering - Thermal Engineering
• Principal Investigator: Paulo Gilberto de Paula Toro
• Grantee: Paulo Gilberto de Paula Toro
• Supervisor: Henry T. Nagamatsu
• Host Institution: Instituto de Aeronáutica e Espaço (IAE). Departamento de Ciência e Tecnologia Aeroespacial (DCTA). Ministério da Defesa (Brasil). São José dos Campos , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Rensselaers Polytechnic Institute, United States

Abstract

To develop an analytical model to thermal analysis, considering the heat convection, in hypersonic flow with chemical reactions and the heat conduction, in aerospace materials considering ablation phenomena and whether the wall is catalytic or not catalytic. (AU)