Download or read book Reusable Launch Vehicle written by Committee on Reusable Launch Vehicle Technology and Test Program and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1996-01-22 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The key to opening the use of space to private enterprise and to broader public uses lies in reducing the cost of the transportation to space. More routine, affordable access to space will entail aircraft-like quick turnaround and reliable operations. Currently, the space Shuttle is the only reusable launch vehicle, and even parts of it are expendable while other parts require frequent and extensive refurbishment. NASA's highest priority new activity, the Reusable Launch Vehicle program, is directed toward developing technologies to enable a new generation of space launchers, perhaps but not necessarily with single stage to orbit capability. This book assesses whether the technology development, test and analysis programs in propulsion and materials-related technologies are properly constituted to provide the information required to support a December 1996 decision to build the X-33, a technology demonstrator vehicle; and suggest, as appropriate, necessary changes in these programs to ensure that they will support vehicle feasibility goals.
Download or read book Entry Vehicle Heating and Thermal Protection Systems written by Paul E. Bauer and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Thermal Protection Systems Aspects of Thermal Protection of Interest to NASA and the Related Materials R and D Requirements written by and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Outer Planet Entry Heating and Thermal Protection written by Raymond Viskanta and published by AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics). This book was released on 1979 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Thermal Vacuum Facility for Testing Thermal Protection Systems written by Kamran Daryabeigi and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Numerical Analysis of the Transient Response of Advanced Thermal Protection Systems for Atmospheric Entry written by Robert T. Swann and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Equations for the transfer of heat through thermal protection shields are derived in finite difference form. These equations are applicable to charring ablators, impregnated ceramics, subliming ablators, heat sinks, and insulating materials and have been programmed for solution on a high speed digital computer.
Download or read book Entry Thermal Protection written by and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Entry Thermal Protection written by and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Entry Heating and thermal protection written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Aerodynamic Heating and Thermal Protection Systems written by Leroy S. Fletcher and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Re Entry Aerodynamics written by Wilbur L. Hankey and published by AIAA. This book was released on 1988 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Entry Heating and Thermal Protection written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Thermal Protection Materials written by S. D. Williams and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Spacecraft Thermal Control written by J Meseguer and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2012-08-06 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thermal control systems are an essential element of spacecraft design, ensuring that all parts of the spacecraft remain within acceptable temperature ranges at all times. Spacecraft thermal control describes the fundamentals of thermal control design and reviews current thermal control technologies. The book begins with an overview of space missions and a description of the space environment, followed by coverage of the heat transfer processes relevant to the field. In the third part of the book, current thermal control technologies are described, and in the final part, design, analysis and testing techniques are reviewed. - Provides background on the fundamentals of heat transfer which gives the reader a better understanding of the phenomenon and the way Space Thermal Control Systems work - Merges the experience of the authors in teaching aerospace engineering topics with the experience as compilers of the 'Spacecraft Thermal Control Design Data Handbook' of the European Space Agency and the development of in orbit thermal control systems for Spanish and ESA Missions - The engineering approach is enhanced with a full section on Thermal Control Design, Analysis and Testing
Download or read book Outer Planet Entry Heating and Thermal Protection written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Thermal Protection Materials for Reentry Applications written by Sylvia M. Johnson and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thermal protection materials and systems (IRS) are used to protect spacecraft during reentry into Earth's atmosphere or entry into planetary atmospheres. As such, these materials are subject to severe environments with high heat fluxes and rapid heating. Catalytic effects can increase the temperatures substantially. These materials are also subject to impact damage from micrometeorites or other debris during ascent, orbit, and descent, and thus must be able to withstand damage and to function following damage. Thermal protection materials and coatings used in reusable launch vehicles will be reviewed, including the needs and directions for new materials to enable new missions that require faster turnaround and much greater reusability. The role of ablative materials for use in high heat flux environments, especially for non-reusable applications and upcoming planetary missions, will be discussed. New thermal protection system materials may enable the use of sharp nose caps and leading edges on future reusable space transportation vehicles. Vehicles employing this new technology would have significant increases in maneuverability and out-of-orbit cross range compared to current vehicles, leading to increased mission safety in the event of the need to abort during ascent or from orbit. Ultrahigh temperature ceramics, a family of materials based on HfB2 and ZrB2 with SiC, will be discussed. The development, mechanical and thermal properties, and uses of these materials will be reviewed.
Download or read book Entry Heating and Thermal Protection written by Walter B. Olstad and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
