Instrumentation has been designed and built to measure the heat flux inside of rocket motors and other very high heating rate environments. Recently, PSI has used continuous wave carbon dioxide lasers for the evaluation of structural and thermal protection materials in severe thermal environments. PSI works closely with customers to design thermal response testing procedures and specialized instrumentation and diagnostics to maximize the quality of thermal response data obtained. High-power lasers have been shown to be the most accurate and versatile method for evaluating the performance of materials. The thresholds for material failure under high heating rates are being defined in a cost-effective manner in a controlled laboratory environment.
PSI also has extensive experience and background in re-entry physics technology.
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