ABLATIVE COMPOSITES FOR SUPERORBITAL GLIDE RE-ENTRY.

Abstract

An investigation of the construction and attachment of composite ablative-radiative heat shields for superorbital glide re-entry was conducted. Major areas of investigation included heat shield chemical compatibility, ablator attachment techniques, thermal stresses, effects of local loss of ablator, and cyclic re-entry heating. This effort employed geometry, trajectories, and environments of the RTD superorbital lifting re-entry vehicle, SORTIE, focusing on the windward lifting surface panels. An extra environment added to those of the SORTIE for completeness was a low temperature soak at -80 F. The radiative heat shield designated for ablator protection was a metallic honeycombreinforced alumina foam composite developed by the Aeronca Manufacturing Company. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0440432

Entities

People

  • C. Milewski
  • J. P. Matra Jr.
  • R. M. Davis

Organizations

  • Glenn L. Martin Company

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ablative Materials
  • Attachment
  • Composite Materials
  • Construction
  • Environment
  • Geometry
  • Heat Shields
  • Lifting Surfaces
  • Low Temperature
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Stresses
  • Surfaces
  • Thermal Stresses

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.