A Study of the Thermal Environment Developed by a Traveling Slipper at High Velocity

Abstract

The research presented in this thesis is developed from the relative sliding motion of a traveling slipper and stationary rail at the Holloman High Speed Test Track located at Holloman AFB, NM. The high velocity condition of the slipper traveling down the rail creates a thermal environment that is of interest to the researchers at the Air Force Institute of Technology. The high temperatures coupled with high velocity leads to a non-linear problem known as melt wear. The goal of this research is to characterize the amount of heat flow going into the slipper as it traverses the rail and to predict the total melt wear of the slipper.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA581834

Entities

People

  • Kathleen H. Le

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Computational Science
  • Department Of Defense
  • Differential Equations
  • Energy Transfer
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Of Fusion
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transmission
  • High Temperature
  • Latent Heat
  • Materials
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Thermal Conductivity
  • Thermal Diffusivity
  • Thermodynamics

Readers

  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.
  • Tribology (the study of the boundary interaction between sliding surfaces, lubrication, wear and friction).