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    Thermal Protection Systems for Future NASA Space Vehicles

    Leiser, Daniel B. / Rasky, Daniel / Arnold, James O. | NTRS | 2000
    both toughness and higher temperature capability opening the envelope of Thermal Protection Systems (TPS) capabilities. Some of the materials ...

    Development of Wireless Subsurface Microsensors for Health Monitoring of Thermal Protection Systems

    Pallix, Joan / Milos, Frank / Arnold, James O. | NTRS | 2000
    TPS performance monitoring of thermal protection systems (TPS) on future RLVS. An embedded wireless microsensor suite is being designed to ...

    Thermal Protection of Future Transatmospheric Vehicles

    Rasky, Daniel J. / Tran, Huy K. / Leiser, Daniel B. et al. | NTRS | 1998
    The field of hypersonic vehicle thermal protection is described from its beginning to the significant advancements that have been made in ...

    Thermal Protection Technology for Access to Space Vehicles

    Goldstein, Howard E. / Arnold, James O. | NTRS | 1996
    in Thermal Protection Systems (TPS) will be necessary to obtain these goals. This presentation will describe the thermal protection ...

    Conformal Ablative Thermal Protection System for Planetary and Human Exploration Missions: Overview of the Technology Maturation Efforts Funded by NASA's Game Changing Development Program

    Beck, Robin A. / Arnold, James O. / Gasch, Matthew J. et al. | NTRS | 2012
    surface will require reduction in spacecraft structural mass; more efficient, lighter thermal protection systems; more efficient lighter ...

    Thermal and Structural Performance of Woven Carbon Cloth For Adaptive Deployable Entry and Placement Technology

    Arnold, James O. / Peterson, Keith H. / Yount, Bryan C. et al. | NTRS | 2013
    Arcjet testing and analysis of a three-dimensional (3D) woven carbon fabric has shown that it can be used as a thermal protection system ...

    Flexible Ablators: Applications and Arcjet Testing

    Arnold, James O. / Venkatapathy, Ethiraj / Beck, Robin A S. et al. | NTRS | 2011
    environments (heat flux, pressure, shear and structural tensile loading). Based on a review of thermal protection system performance requirements for ...
    Keywords: Thermal Protection

    Structures and Mechanisms Design Concepts for Adaptive Deployable Entry Placement Technology

    Yount, Bryan C. / Arnold, James O. / Gage, Peter J. et al. | NTRS | 2012
    hypersonic flight. The ADEPT "skin" is a 3-D woven carbon cloth that serves as a thermal protection system (TPS) and as a structural surface that ...

    Mars Sample Return: A Low Cost, Direct and Minimum Risk Design

    Wercinski, Paul F. / Arnold, James O. | NTRS | 1994
    duration, advanced propulsion and thermal protection systems for mass reduction and simplified mission operations for high reliability. As a result ...

    Technologies for aerobraking

    Cooper, David M. / Arnold, James O. | NTRS | 1990
    configurations, aerothermodynamics, thermal protection system materials, and guidance, navigation, and control systems. This paper describes the status ...

      Technologies for aerobraking

      Cooper, David M. / Arnold, James O. | NTRS | 1991
      technologies must be developed. These are vehicle concepts and configurations, aerothermodynamics, thermal protection system materials, and guidance ...