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Aeroshell Compared Design and Analysis for Mars Penetrators
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In the frame of preliminary technological investigations for future European Mars landing probes, a study has been performed by Dassault under the supervision of ESTEC on potential thermal protection systems and aeroshell configurations for such penetrators.
After an extensive trade-off between numerous candidate architectures and technologies, two solutions were more deeply investigated for feasibility assessment purposes:
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an innovative semi-integrated concept based upon an ablator-protected CFRP cold structure front shield with a C-SiC hot structure decelerator,
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a more conventional integrated concept based upon a one-piece ablator-protected CFRP cold structure.
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Verneuil, J. and Puech, J., "Aeroshell Compared Design and Analysis for Mars Penetrators," SAE Technical Paper 941370, 1994, https://doi.org/10.4271/941370.Also In
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