ADVANCED RE-ENTRY SYSTEMS HEAT-TRANSFER MANUAL FOR HYPERSONIC FLIGHT

Abstract

An advanced re-entry systems heat transfer handbook for hypersonic flight has been developed using aerothermodynamic prediction methods developed during the X-20A (Dyna Soar) Program. It contains (1) design procedures for computing aerodynamic heating rates to re-entry vehicle configurational elements, (2) discussion on differences between aerodynamic heat transfer and pressure distribution observed in present day wind tunnels and those which would occur in actual free flight, (3) wind tunnel to flight extrapolation factors, (4) simplified expressions for estimating stagnation point and swept cylinder turbulent stagnation line heating rates, and (5) graphs for rapid calculation of heating rates and extrapolation to flight factors. The information presented is applicable to complex maneuverable vehicles as well as ballistic bodies.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0809980

Entities

People

  • A. L. Nagel
  • Alfred C. Thomas
  • Andrew Perlbachs

Organizations

  • Boeing

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Heating
  • Boundary Layer
  • Control Surfaces
  • Delta Wings
  • Energy
  • Flow Fields
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Geometric Forms
  • Geometry
  • Heat Transfer
  • Hypersonic Flight
  • Leading Edges
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Surface Properties
  • Test Facilities
  • Two Dimensional
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flight
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow