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Uncertainty Analysis of Thermal Protection Materials

A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced Composites".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 June 2025 | Viewed by 32

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Guest Editor
School of Mechanics, Civil Engineering and Architecture, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710129, China
Interests: uncertainty quantification; thermal protection technology

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Guest Editor
School of Mechanics, Civil Engineering and Architecture, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710129, China
Interests: design and simulation analysis of aerospace thermal protection structure; structural mechanics of composite materials; mechanical characterization of additive manufacturing

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Thermal protection materials, including rigid insulation tiles, flexible insulation felt, anti-oxidation C/C, and C/SiC, have the characteristics of being lightweight, high-temperature resistant, damage resistant, etc. Thermal protection materials are an important part of aerospace shuttle aircrafts, affecting the progressiveness, reliability, maintainability, and economy of aircrafts. With the improvement of equipment performance, the uncertainty analysis of thermal protection materials is increasingly becoming a topic of concern. Because of the complexity and diversity of thermal protection material design, its failure mechanism is very complex and uncertainty analysis is challenging. Taking C/SiC composite materials as an example, this involves macro (e.g., layer angle and layer thickness) and micro parameters (e.g., fiber volume fraction and the fiber distribution mode of composite materials), which all have an impact on material properties. Therefore, we need to carry out performance analysis research; quantify the uncertain factors of design, molding, machining, and assembly for thermal protection materials; and then develop uncertainty analysis methods to improve the reliability of thermal protection materials.

This Special Issue will focus on the failure behaviors and performance analysis of thermal protection materials based on the quantification of uncertain factors. New experimental techniques and theoretical studies on these fields are very welcome in this issue. Submissions of original research articles, review articles, and case studies are also encouraged.

Dr. Feng Zhang
Dr. Fuchao Liu
Dr. Peiyan Wang
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • thermal protection materials
  • uncertainty analysis
  • performance analysis
  • damage degradation model
  • uncertainty quantization
  • failure mechanism

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