SURFACE-PROTECTION AND COOLING SYSTEMS FOR HIGH-SPEED FLIGHT,

Abstract

The high velocities proposed for various flight applications pose difficult problems in protecting the surface structure and internal compartments from the effects of severe aerodynamic heating rates. The paper discusses systems for surface protection against transient and continuous heat inputs, corresponding to typical missile and aircraft flight paths. Systems for transient heat loads can consist of heat sinks of various sorts, involving the absorption of heat by virtue of a material's sensible (temperature-rise) heat capacity, latent heat capacity, or chemical heat capacity. For steady-state or slowly varying heat inputs, systems for surface rotection and compartment cooling can be either of the passive or active types depending on the flight path and on compartment heat densities. Comparisons are made of various systems for several typical operating conditions. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 16, 1956
Accession Number
AD0605016

Entities

People

  • Carl Gazley Jr.
  • D. J. Masson

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Aerodynamic Heating
  • Aircrafts
  • Flight
  • Flight Paths
  • Heat Capacity
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Sinks
  • Heating
  • Latent Heat
  • Mechanical Structure
  • Physical Properties
  • Steady State
  • Thermodynamics

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster