The problem of sublimation of material and accumulation of heat in an ablation shield is analyzed and the results are applied to the reentry of manned vehicles into the earth's atmosphere. The parameters which control the amount of sublimation and the temperature distribution within the ablation shield are determined and presented in a manner useful for engineering calculation. It is shown that the total mass loss from the shield during reentry and the insulation requirements may be given very simply in terms of the maximum deceleration of the vehicle or the total reentry time.
Analysis of Ablation-Shield Requirements for Manned Reentry Vehicles
1960
30 pages
Report
No indication
English
Ablation for manned reentry vehicles
NTRS | 1960
|Analysis of ablation-shield requirements for manned re-entry vehicles
Engineering Index Backfile | 1960
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