Accession Number:

ADA064943

Title:

Convective Heat and Mass Transfer to Re-Entry Vehicles.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. 1 Oct 75-30 Sep 78,

Corporate Author:

CALIFORNIA UNIV LOS ANGELES SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE

Personal Author(s):

• Mills,A. F.

Report Date:

1978-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

255.0

Abstract:

The analysis of convective heat and mass transfer to re-entry vehicles is reviewed with particular emphasis on relevant basic mass transfer theory. The topics covered include the inviscid flow field, diffusion phenomena, simple mass transfer analyses, surface chemistry, simple heat transfer analyses, the surface energy balance, laminar boundary layer analysis, and turbulent boundary layer analysis. Author

Descriptors:

• *REENTRY VEHICLES
• *MASS TRANSFER
• *CONVECTION(HEAT TRANSFER)
• ABLATION
• SPACECRAFT
• TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER
• ENERGY TRANSFER
• COOLING
• MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS
• TRANSPIRATION
• SURFACE CHEMISTRY
• DIFFUSION
• INVISCID FLOW
• LAMINAR BOUNDARY LAYER
• NOSE CONES

Subject Categories:

• Thermodynamics
• Unmanned Spacecraft

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE