HIGH TEMPERATURE MATERIAL APPLICATIONS

This 2nd HTMA Subcommittee meeting selection of sessions will encompass material applications for all propulsion systems including Rocket Nozzle Technology, Hypersonic Systems, Thrust Control, and components of Strategic, Tactical, Space Launch, and other systems. The HTMA focuses on the application of advanced, high temperature materials, including carbon-carbon, ceramic matrix, and carbon phenolic composites, CERMETs, refractory metals, structural and non-structural insulators, and other advanced materials as applied to propulsion systems and related technology developments

HTMAS Mission Areas

The High-Temperature Material Applications Subcommittee sessions will focus on the properties, processing, quality assurance, design, testing, evaluation, analysis and modeling of high-temperature materials for propulsion systems. Papers are sought in the specific areas listed below. Please direct questions about any of the HTMAS mission areas to the JHU WSE ERG Technical Representative for HTMAS indicated at the end of this section.

Open Mission Area: HTMAS is interested in exploring new areas and for this call, abstracts that do not align with any of the below Mission Areas will be considered for inclusion in this meeting, or for discussion by the Technical Steering Group. Misson areas and suggested paper topics are listed below.

NOTE: If you meet the criteria of an Early Career Professional (Criteria: A student; Working in the field for less than five years; Have obtained your Doctorate within the last five years) you are eligible to submit a Poster Abstract for this subcommittee. For more information visit the Early Career Posters page.


Mission Area I: High Temperature Material Modeling and Simulation

  • Advances in structural composite materials modeling and failure criteria
  • Advances in modeling of ablation and erosion of advanced materials
  • Advances in modeling of heat and mass transfer processes in rocket propulsion systems (including, but not limited to: CFD, fluid network analysis, RTE solvers)
  • Coupled thermo-structural modeling of heated advanced materials
  • Coupled fluid-thermal surface ablation modeling with two-phase surface interaction
  • Semi-empirical laboratory methods used for gathering of heated material property data


Mission Area II: High Temperature Material Design, Test and Evaluation

  • Inspection techniques and criteria development (to include new or improved tools and methodologies)
  • High temperature material test development
    • Samples/coupon, subscale, and full-scale hot gas testing
  • Material characterization and acceptance testing (to include new or improved test methods)
  • Post-Test evaluation - comparison of test results to predictive analytical methodologies and tools


Mission Area III: High Temperature Material Development

  • Characterization of new high temperature materials: discussing state-of-the-art research on high-temperature materials in the area of ceramics, metals, their alloys, and composites which offer excellent chemical, phase, and property stability, at temperatures exceeding 900 °C.
  • Manufacturing and Fabrication techniques for high temperature materials to include refining fundamental manufacturing technologies, development of new additive and subtractive capabilities, as well as encompassing smart manufacturing that integrates modeling, simulation, monitoring and control systems.
  • Enhancement and/or optimization of manufacturing procedures and techniques directed at process repeatability and quality control.
  • High temperature material research producing new formulations and architectures that enhance high temperature propulsion system applications in the areas of performance, functionality, and manufacturability; creating new and novel design options.

JHU WSE ERG Technical Representative

Ms. Claire Shamul, JHU WSE ERG / Columbia, MD
Telephone:  (443) 718-5011
Email:          cshamul@erg.jhu.edu