3:20 PM to 5:20 PM Concurrent Sessions Thursday, January 29, 2026
Hypersonic Structural Material & Component Evaluations 4
Session Chairs: Mr Craig Stephens - NASA Armstrong Flight Research Ctr (Invited) and Mr Larry Hudson - NASA Armstrong Flight Research Ctr and Dr Lisa Rueschhoff - USAF AFRL
3:20 PM - 3:40 PM
Thermal Protection System Contaminant Effects on System Observability Presenter: Mr Michael Nucci - ATA Engineering Inc
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM
Multiscale Modeling of Hypersonic Materials as Demonstrated in Vehicle Level Damage Analysis Presenter: Mr Jonathan Gray - ATA Engineering Inc Authors: Dr Adam Brink - ATA Engineering Inc, Dr Bradley Davidson - ATA Engineering, Mr Shane Flores - ATA Engineering, Mr Philip Follansbee - Fiber Materials Inc, Mr David Lauver - Fiber Materials Inc, Ms Rachel Martin - ATA Engineering Inc, Dr David Mollenhauer - USAF AFRL/RXNP, Dr David NajeraFlores - ATA Engineering Inc, Dr Marc Russell - ATA Engineering Inc
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM
Development of a Damage Tolerance Approach for CC and CMCs Presenter: Dr Barry Davidson - Analytical Mechanics Associates Inc Authors: Dr Nelson De Carvalho - University of Utah, Dr David Glass - NASA LaRC, Dr Allison Horner - Scalar Scientific LLC, Dr James Ratcliffe - NASA LaRC, Dr James Reeder - NASA LaRC
