An apparatus and method for mitigating the shock front or reducing drag of a rocket or aerospace plane flying at hypersonic speeds by using a modified nose cone that incorporates a low temperature substance, such as liquid nitrogen, and where the nose cone simultaneously interacts with the ambient air to further supercool the nose cone during operation.
Apparatus and methods for hypersonic nosecone
2016-03-29
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch