Thermomechanical Properties of Selected Space-Related Materials

Abstract

Room-temperature values for nine thermomechanical material properties of 130 space-related materials have been tabulated in this report. These data are essential for analyses to determine material response to pulsed radiation that relate to survivability assessments of space systems based on above- and below-ground nuclear weapons effects experiments. The nine properties tabulated for each of the 130 materials include density, specific heat (constant pressure), specific heat (constant volume), Poisson's ratio, Gruneisen constant, adiabatic sound velocity, Young's modulus, isothermal bulk modulus, and volumetric coefficient of thermal expansion. Various appropriate elements, oxides, carbides, halides, metallic alloys, semiconductors, optical materials, glasses, plastic and graphites are included in the tabulation. The majority of the materials are high density, low porosity, isotropic and polycrystalline in form.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2002
Accession Number
ADA411587

Entities

People

  • W. H. Childs

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ceramic Materials
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Composite Materials
  • Compound Semiconductors
  • Elastic Properties
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Optical Materials
  • Shear Modulus
  • Space Systems
  • Thermal Expansion

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Nuclear Civil Defense.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster