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Carbon Foam Lightning and Thermal Protection System
Title: Senior Program Manager/Lab Director
Phone: (304) 547-5800
Email: blg@trl.com
Title: PMO
Phone: (304) 547-5800
Email: bej@trl.com
Touchstone proposes to build on past thermal protection system (TPS) efforts and develop an innovative lightweight and low-cost system that provides protection from lightning strikes as well as from heat and atmospheric debris. This will be accomplished by utilizing a lightweight carbon foam (CFOAM) as the foundational material and varying the properties of the foam through choice of precursor and processing methods. Electrical and thermal modeling will be used to determine the optimal combination of materials, and these will be tested at the sub-scale laboratory level. Results will be compared to existing methods of lightning protection in order to demonstrate improvement. Approved for Public Release 14-MDA-8047 (14 Nov 14)
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