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Development of metallic thermal protection systems for the reusable launch vehicle
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Blosser, Max L. |
| Copyright Year | 1996 |
| Description | A reusable Thermal Protection System (TPS) that is not only lightweight, but durable, operable and cost effective is one of the technologies required by the Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) to achieve the goal of drastically reducing the cost of delivering payload to orbit. Metallic TPS is one of the systems being developed to meet this challenge. Current efforts involve improving the superalloy honeycomb TPS concept, which consists of a foil-gage metallic box encapsulating a low density fibrous insulation, and evaluating it for RLV requirements. The superalloy honeycomb TPS concept is mechanically attached to the vehicle structure. Improvements include more efficient internal insulation, a simpler, lighter weight configuration, and a quick-release fastener system for easier installation and removal. Evaluation includes thermal and structural analysis, fabrication and testing of both coupons and TPS panels under conditions simulating RLV environments. Coupons of metallic honeycomb sandwich, representative of the outer TPS surface, were subjected to low speed impact, hypervelocity impact, and rain erosion testing as well as subsequent arcjet exposure. Arrays of TPS panels have been subjected to radiant heating in a thermal/vacuum facility, aerodynamic heating in an arcjet facility and acoustic loading. |
| File Size | 1875024 |
| Page Count | 24 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19970005361 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t76t5m260 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1996-10-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Structural Mechanics Rain Erosion Evaluation Acoustic Fatigue Measuring Instruments Durability Hypervelocity Impact Reusable Launch Vehicles Thermal Protection Cost Effectiveness Heat Resistant Alloys Aerodynamic Heating Encapsulating Honeycomb Structures Payloads Loads Forces Structural Analysis Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
