THEORETICAL EFFECTS OF REENTRY AERODYNAMIC HEATING ON THE EXTERNAL SKIN STRUCTURE OF AMRAD EXPERIMENT NUMBER ONE

Abstract

Calculated reentry aerodynamic heating effects on the external skin of an ICBM reentry test vehicle having a relatively low weight-to-drag ratio are presented in this report. The vehicle is a blunt cone with the aft portion designed to fail just after maximum heating and the forward portion designed to survive to impact. The tape-wound, reinforced plastic heat shield is subjected to maximum reentry heating rates between 1,250,000 and 6,500,00 kcal/sq m hr. Resulting external and internal surface temperature histories are given. Effects of extreme trajectory, vehicle characteristics, and atmosphere variations on the aluminum substructure temperature histories are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 30, 1965
Accession Number
AD0465896

Entities

People

  • R. A. Reynolds
  • W. G. Burleson

Organizations

  • United States Army Aviation and Missile Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Aerodynamic Heating
  • Aluminum
  • Body Weight
  • Contracts
  • Environment
  • Equations
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Shields
  • Heat Transfer
  • Materials
  • Mechanics
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Surface Temperature
  • Thermodynamics
  • Trajectories
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.