Accession Number:

AD0686151

Title:

A SURVEY OF HEAT TRANSFER PROBLEMS CONNECTED WITH SPACE VEHICLE REENTRY,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

POLYTECHNIC INST OF BROOKLYN N Y DEPT OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING AND APPLIED MECHANICS

Personal Author(s):

• Libby,Paul A.

Report Date:

1960-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

60.0

Abstract:

After a discussion of the modes of heat transfer to a reentering space vehicle, the present state of knowledge concerning convective heat transfer under hypersonic conditions is reviewed. The two-dimensional and axisymmetric cases are discussed first. The three-dimensional flow under cold-wall conditions is considered next. Finally, the boundary layer phenomena connected with ablation and mass transfer are considered. Author

Descriptors:

• *REENTRY VEHICLES
• HEAT TRANSFER
• PROBLEM SOLVING
• SYMPOSIA
• ABLATION
• CONVECTION(HEAT TRANSFER)
• TWO DIMENSIONAL FLOW
• AXISYMMETRIC FLOW
• THREE DIMENSIONAL FLOW
• BOUNDARY LAYER
• WALLS
• MASS TRANSFER
• DESCENT TRAJECTORIES
• REYNOLDS NUMBER

Subject Categories:

• Unmanned Spacecraft

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE