Investigation of Boundary Layer Relaminarization on a Reentry Vehicle Nosetip

Abstract

A correlation for the distribution of heat transfer on a nosetip with a relaminarized boundary layer is developed and implemented in a general nosetip shape change code. A sensitivity study is made that shows that relaminarization results in significantly reduced heating rates in the sphere-cone tangent region of a reentry nosetip. This locally reduced heating is expected to have an impact, not as yet quantified, on the thermostructural performance of the nosetip.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA014925

Entities

People

  • Aemer D. Anderson
  • Calvin J. Wolf

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Coefficients
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Curvature
  • Differential Equations
  • Geometry
  • Heat Transfer
  • Layers
  • Literature Surveys
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Mechanics
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Pressure Gradients
  • Reentry Vehicles
  • Trajectories
  • Turbulent Mixing
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.