RT Journal Article A1 Liuyang DUAN,Lei LUO,Liping LIU,Yiguang WANG; AD Science and Technology on Thermostructural Composite Materials Laboratory, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 710072, 中国 ; Beijing Institute of Long March Aerospace Vehicles, 100076, 中国 ; Science and Technology on Thermostructural Composite Materials Laboratory, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 710072, 中国 ; Ultrahigh Speed Aerodynamics Research Institute, China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center, 621000, 中国 ; Institute of Advanced Structure Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Haidian District, 100081, 中国 T1 Ablation of C/SiC-HfC composite prepared by precursor infiltration and pyrolysis in plasma wind tunnel YR 2020 IS 3 vo 9 OP 393-OP 402 K1 C/SiC-HfC composite;precursor infiltration and pyrolysis;ablation;plasma wind tunnel AB Carbon fiber reinforced silicon carbide-hafnium carbide (C/SiC-HfC) composite was prepared by precursor infiltration and pyrolysis process. Then, ablation behavior of C/SiC-HfC was evaluated in plasma wind tunnel. It was found that oxide layer formed during ablation significantly influenced the surface temperature. Formation of dense HfO2-SiO2 layer under low heat flux led to stable surface temperature. Silica (SiO2) on the surface was gradually consumed when heat flux increased, resulting in conversion of HfO2-SiO2 on the surface to HfO2. Converted HfO2 with high catalytic coefficient absorbed more energy, causing gradual increase in the surface temperature. Formed oxide layer was destroyed at high heat flux and high stagnation point pressure. After carbon fiber lost the protection of HfO2-SiO2 layer, it burned immediately, leading to surface temperature jump. SN 2226-4108 LA EN