Aerodynamic Heating and Temperature Distribution Program for Rocket Sleds

Abstract

A computer program is developed for determining the temperature profile in a rocket sled skin as a function of time or point in the sled trajectory. The program is written in FORTRAN IV for the CDC 6600 computer. The program computes sharp-cone boundary-layer edge conditions, the heat flux, and the time-temperature profile in the skin. The thermal model examined in this report assumes thick-skin solution where the skin is of any composite structure made of discrete layers of material whose properties may vary from layer to layer. A comparison is made between the theoretical predictions and experimental data from three rocket sled tests. The results of this comparison show that the theoretical methods used give excellent correlation with data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0742225

Entities

People

  • William J. Moulds

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Heating
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computer Programs
  • Energy
  • Equations
  • Fluid Flow
  • Heat Flux
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transfer Coefficients
  • Heat Transmission
  • Mach Number
  • Materials
  • Mathematical Models
  • Prandtl Number
  • Sled Tests
  • Specific Heat

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.