Numerical Brazilian disk testing of multiscale porous Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics

Recent developments in Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics (UHTC) processing have allowed for the introduction of significant amounts of porosity into these materials. These developments have widened the scope for how UHTCs can be integrated into hypersonic vehicles. Functional grading of porosity allows density and thermal conductivity to be spatially tailored to minimize weight penalty while maintaining thermal shielding and resilience to thermal...