Calculation of Reentry-Vehicle Temperature History

Abstract

A procedure has been set up to calculate the transient temperature distribution on the surface of a reentry vehicle (RV), with simulation of aerodynamic heating in the free-molecule, transition, and laminar (continuum) flow regimes, one dimensional transient heat conduction into the heat shield, and reradiation. The procedure is exercised to determine the altitude dependence of the surface temperature at various points on a particular RV configuration for an example ballistic trajectory for a range of emissivities.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA231552

Entities

People

  • Reinald G. Finke

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Heating
  • Altitude
  • Convection
  • Emissivity
  • Energy
  • Equations
  • Glass Fibers
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Shields
  • Heat Transfer
  • Mach Number
  • Physical Properties
  • Reentry Vehicles
  • Spacecraft
  • Surface Temperature
  • Trajectories
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.