A base vent assembly for entry space vehicles having an access cover utilized in conjunction with a plurality of spaces and deflector member so as to establish a labyrinth vent adjacent the access opening of the entry vehicle. The labyrinth vent is created by carefully forming a passageway between the edge of the access opening and the access cover using spacers and carefully shaping of the innerface therebetween. Consequently a decrease in weight over a non-vented structure is created. (Author)
Base Vent Assembly for Entry Space Vehicles
1978
4 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Entry vehicles for space programs
AIAA | 1968
|Entry vehicles for space programs
AIAA | 1969
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