CHARTS DEPICTING KINEMATIC AND HEATING PARAMETERS FOR A BALLISTIC REENTRY AT SPEEDS OF 26,000 TO 45,000 FEET PER SECOND
Abstract
Re-entry trajectories, including computations of convective and radiative stagnation-point heat transfer, were calculated by using equations for a point-mass reentry vehicle entering the atmosphere of a rotating, oblate earth. Velocity was varied from 26,000 to 45,000 fps; reentry angle, from the skip limit to -20 degrees; ballistic drag parameter, from 50 to 200. Initial altitude was 400,000 ft. Explicit results are presented in charts which were computed for an initial latitude of 38 degrees N and an azimuth of 90 degrees from north. A method is presented whereby these results may be made valid for a range of initial latitude and azimuth angles. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1961
- Accession Number
- AD0265480
Entities
People
- Uriel M. Lovelace
Organizations
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration