Four Space Shuttle Wing Leading Edge Concepts

Autor:	J. C. Reeder, G. A. Niblock, F. Huneidi
Rok vydání:	1974
Předmět:	Leading edge Engineering Wing Computer science business.industry Angle of attack Aerospace Engineering Space Shuttle Truss law.invention Orbiter Heat pipe Space and Planetary Science law Heat shield Thermal protection Aerospace engineering business
Zdroj:	Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. 11:314-320
ISSN:	1533-6794 0022-4650
DOI:	10.2514/3.62069
Popis:	A heat-pipe-cooled Space Shuttle orbiter wing leading edge was compared and evaluated against three alternate leading edge candidates: a refurbishable ablative design, and two other reusable versions employing coated columbium and carbon-carbon high-temperature segments. Each candidate concept was shown feasible in the Phase B environment. The reusable versions were all found to cost nearly the same and substantially less than the nonreusable ablative version. However, since current Shuttle trajectories produce higher heating rates than those used in this study, the carbon-carbon and heat pipe concepts are now the prime candidates for Shuttle leading edge thermal protection.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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