Promising ultra-high-temperature ceramic materials for aerospace applications

Some aspects of heat transfer upon the interaction between components with a sharp leading edge and high-enthalpy high-speed flow of dissociated air have been considered; some material characteristics, which should be primarily taken into account when prognosticating the behavior of materials that are promising for using as components of hypersonic flight vehicles, have been substantiated; specific features of the oxidation of materials based on zirconium and hafnium diborides have been touched briefly; the methods of increasing oxidation resistance of these materials that have been developed by various groups of researchers have been demonstrate; some works concerning the behavior of samples under the effect of high-enthalpy flows of dissociated air have been described, including those that simulate sharp leading domes and edges of wings of hypersonic flight vehicles.