Aerogel insulation systems for space launch applications

By J. Fesmire. 2006

163 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Aerospace Engineering, Environmental Chemistry, Spectroscopy

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/c592a22931400befa61ab697de41479f1edc4f93

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In Aerospace Engineering

1. Saffa Riffat
2. G. Qiu
3. Kirtipal Singh
4. P. Thapliyal

In Environmental Chemistry

1. Saffa Riffat
2. G. Qiu
3. Kirtipal Singh
4. P. Thapliyal

In Spectroscopy

1. A. Talib
2. N. Bheekhun
3. Saffa Riffat
4. Mohd Roshdi Hassan
5. G. Qiu
6. Kirtipal Singh
7. P. Thapliyal

Citations in the corpus

• A review of state-of-the-art aerogel applications in buildings (2013, background): “The unusual properties of the aerogels afford their suitability for many applications in commercial and high-tech fields, such as waste management (gas absorption, radioactive waste confinement), thermal insulation (cryogenic to high temperatures), superinsulating jackets, laser experiments, sensors”
• Superconducting wind turbine generators (2010, background): “Several materials could be a viable choice for the thermal insulation, like polystyrene foam, powder insulators (107, 144), vacuum, etc.”
• Aerogels as Promising Thermal Insulating Materials: An Overview (2014, methodology): “NASA used aerogel to trap space dust particles and for thermal insulation of space suits [55–57].”
• Aerogels in Aerospace: An Overview (2013, background): “Aerogel has been considered as a potential candidate to act as a heat shield in these cryogenic systems such as liquid-hydrogen (LH 2 ) tanks and liquid-oxygen (LO 2 ) feedlines because of its fully breathable and hydrophobic characteristics [152].”