Dispersion-Strengthened Metal Fin Structural Test

Abstract

A full scale fin constructed of Dispersion-Strengthened Metal (DSM) material (Ni-20Cr-2ThO2) representative of the fin on the FDL-5A re-entry vehicle was subjected to fifty simulated missions of earth orbital ascents and re-entry. The fin structure had a projected area of 15.7 square feet and was loaded and heated to a maximum temperature of 2200F during the re-entry simulation. This report describes the test setup, procedures and equipment used during the simulation. The fin successfully completed the fifty missions, suffering only local failures which were repaired.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0785374

Entities

People

  • Murray N. England

Organizations

  • Flight Dynamics Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Facilities
  • Assembly
  • Computer Programs
  • Contracts
  • Control Systems Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Gages
  • Instrumentation
  • Leading Edges
  • Load Cells
  • Load Control
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Metals
  • Photographs
  • Sheet Metal
  • Strain Gages

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Metallurgy
  • Missile Defense Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris