Accession Number:
ADD002351
Title:
Fluted Nose Cap Apparatus.
Descriptive Note:
Patent Application,
Corporate Author:
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON D C
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1976-01-28
Pagination or Media Count:
8.0
Abstract:
The patent application describes a fluted missile nose cap apparatus having a plurality of longitudinal cooling flutes which, during early re-entry, provides protection to an underlying transpiration nose cap by absorbing convected heating through sublimation of the fluted nose cap material until the fluted cap burns off at a predetermined altitude. The flutes enable initiation of transpirent flow prior to burn-off to assure protection of the transpiration nose tip.
Descriptors:
Subject Categories:
- Guided Missiles