ABLATION SHIELD DEVELOPMENT TESTING - SURFACE PREPARATION OF BERYLLIUM FOR ADHESIVE BONDING.
Abstract
Design studies conducted in an effort to reduce the weight of space vehicle component parts and in order to extend the mission capabilities of space vehicles have resulted in a proposed reentry shield considerably lighter than those presently used. Such a shield, consisting of an ablation material bonded to a beryllium back up structure, has been proposed for the re-entry shielding of space vehicle. A four phase development program was initiated to determine the optimum materials and fabrication techniques required to fabricate the proposed re-entry shield. It was the purpose of this phase of the development program to evaluate various methods of preparing beryllium surfaces for adhesive bonding. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 10, 1964
- Accession Number
- AD0431621
Entities
People
- Henry E. Ruling
Organizations
- McDonnell Aircraft Corporation