Titanium Combustion Study

Abstract

A heated titanium structure flying through a nuclear burst dust cloud may experience aerodynamic heating, kinetic energy heating and oxidation. The rate of heat transfer due to oxidation is examined to determine its contribution relative to other mechanisms of heat transfer, and whether an increase in oxidation heat transfer occurs in the presence of water vapor. The results of the investigation show that heat transfer is dominated by particle kinetic energy conversion and aerodynamic heating to a roughened surface. Oxidation heat transfer is negligible at temperatures of interest to the structure. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 08, 1977
Accession Number
ADA066813

Entities

People

  • R. J. Sullivan

Organizations

  • General Electric

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Heating
  • Air Force
  • Body Weight
  • Combustion
  • Department Of Defense
  • Energy
  • Energy Conversion
  • Energy Transfer
  • Engineering
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Transfer
  • High Temperature
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Kinetics
  • Materials
  • Stagnation Point
  • Test Facilities

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.