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Decomposition of Phenolic Impregnated Carbon Ablator (PICA) as a Function of Temperature and Heating Rate by Bessire, Brody K, Minton, Timothy K

“…Material response models for phenolic-based thermal protection systems (TPSs) for atmospheric entry are limited by the lack of knowledge of the nonequilibrium…”
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Pyrolysis of Phenolic Impregnated Carbon Ablator (PICA) by Bessire, Brody K, Lahankar, Sridhar A, Minton, Timothy K

“…Molar yields of the pyrolysis products of thermal protection systems (TPSs) are needed in order to improve high fidelity material response models. The volatile…”
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Chemical and structural degradation of room temperature vulcanizing (RTV) silicone at high temperatures by Chacon, Luis A., Deaton, Ben, Bessire, Brody K., Poovathingal, Savio J.

“…•The chemical composition of gases ejected during the decomposition of RTV materials is identified.•The three stages involved in the decomposition of RTV…”
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Equilibrium model for the ablation response of silicone-coated PICA by Meurisse, Jeremie B.E., Chatzigeorgis, Georgios Bellas, Diaz, Patricia Ventura, Bessire, Brody K., Panerai, Francesco, Mansour, Nagi N.

“…•Novel equilibrium ablation and thermal response model for NuSil-coated PICA.•Charred NuSil surface modeled as pure silica based on post-test analysis.•2D…”
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A high heating rate pyrolysis model for the Phenolic Impregnated Carbon Ablator (PICA) based on mass spectroscopy experiments by Torres-Herrador, Francisco, Meurisse, Jeremie B.E., Panerai, Francesco, Blondeau, Julien, Lachaud, Jean, Bessire, Brody K., Magin, Thierry E., Mansour, Nagi N.

“…•Developed first pyrolysis model for PICA at high heating rate.•Devolatilization models calibrated by coupling material solver and genetic optimizer.•New…”
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