ELORET Current Research Topics & Results

CURRENT RESEARCH TOPICS & RESULTS

Material Database

The TPSX Thermal Protection Systems Expert and Material Properties Database is being developed by George Hartlieb under a contract between ELORET and the Thermal Protection Materials & Systems Branch at NASA Ames Research Center. TPSX is a Windows-based computer program for maintaining properties of advanced thermal protection system (TPS) materials. The program provides an easy user interface for retrieving, displaying, graphing, printing and saving material properties in a variety of formats. The database includes thermal, mechanical, ablation and chemical properties of many of the high-temperature insulation materials developed at NASA Ames and elsewhere. A description of each material, including references and common applications, is also provided. TPSX also contains photographs and schematic sketches of some materials.

TPSX is currently used by over 900 researchers, scientists and engineers at every NASA research facility, several Government labs and universities, and over 40 commercial aerospace and research companies.

For more information about the program see the official TPSX Web Site. TPSX version 1.1 can now be downloaded directly off the Web from the TPSX Download Site.