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3.33

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This course will include a brief history of hypersonic flight and design, along with a description of the aerothermal environment, to provide motivation for the use of ceramic materials as thermal protection systems and window materials. The classroom approach is to develop a fundamental understanding of materials structure, forming and sintering, and properties (mechanical and thermal) of ceramics, and then apply that knowledge for hypersonic applications such as ultra-high temperature ceramics (UHTCs including ZrB2), ceramic matrix composites (including Cf/SiC, SiCf/SiC, and Carbon/Carbon), and materials requirements for RF and IR radomes and windows. Permission of instructor required.

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