High temperature materials for extreme conditions: from aerospace thermal protection systems to advanced industrial applications

International Seminars of Frontiers in Materials Science UPM-CIE Moncloa

11/11/2013

Title: High temperature materials for extreme conditions: from aerospace thermal protection systems to advanced industrial applications

Date: Monday 18th November at 09:30

Place: E.T.S. Civil Engineering, basement 1

Speaker: Jorge Barcena, Tecnalia

Free admission

Summary

Applications on harsh environments demand the use of high temperature materials, where the performance of other class of material is not enough to withstand the tight extreme requirements. The most driving application for such materials comes from aerospace, where a vehicles or capsule that enter into a planetary atmosphere (e.g. The Earths) require the use of a thermal protection system (TPS) to protect them from aerodynamic heating.

Otherwise the substructure or payloads of the vehicles would be damaged during the return from outer space or during cruise at hypersonic speed. This lecture gives an overview of the past and novel state-of-the-art materials for these extreme conditions (advanced alloys, ceramic matrix composites, ultrahigh temperature ceramics) and their envisaged aerospace applications (vehicles, mission, projects, roadmaps). Current and future uses on non-space applications will be depicted such as on automotive, nuclear and solar energy.

Further information and contact details:
Dr. José Ygnacio Pastor, Organizer and Coordinator Scientific
Department of Material Science. Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
E.T.S. Civil Engineering, First Floor. Profesor Aranguren Road, E28040–Madrid
T. (+34) 913 366 684. F. (+34) 913 366 680. jypastor@mater.upm.es

Tag: Materials for the Future    Source: CEI Campus Moncloa

Event date:

18/11/2013