RE-ENTRY VEHICLE SYNTHESIS PROGRAM

Abstract

This report describes the current re-entry vehicle parametric study program, based on the Allen and Eggers straight line trajectory assumptions. The heating analysis considers a nonreacting cold wall, with the inclusion of a moving boundary conduction solution and boundary layer transition. The quantities determined are ablation thicknesses, insulation thicknesses, vehicle weight and aero dynamic coefficients, for varying shape, material and trajectory parameters. The computer output consists only of final integrated values rather than step-by-step computations along the trajectory.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 21, 1960
Accession Number
AD0607696

Entities

People

  • T. L. Petersen

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ablation
  • Aerodynamic Heating
  • Boundary Layer
  • Boundary Layer Transition
  • Coefficients
  • Computational Science
  • Computers
  • Geometry
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Transfer
  • Insulation
  • Layers
  • Materials
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Thermodynamics
  • Thickness
  • Trajectories

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems