Purpose and nature of test package to obtain flight data at re-entry velocity of 37,000 fps; function, location, and design of Be calorimeters for forebody and gold calorimeters for afterbody; methods of achieving 1-dimensional heat flow in forebody calorimeter design; optimum design for afterbody calorimeter is thermally isolated, small diameter, thin disk of high thermal conductivity; influence of thermocouple size, accuracy of thermocouple placement, heat losses, and other considerations in relation to accuracy of sensors; equations.


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    Title :

    Considerations in design of calorimeters for project FIRE superorbital re-entry test vehicle


    Additional title:

    SAE -- Paper


    Contributors:
    Linzer, F.D. (author) / Kaplan, E. (author)

    Conference:

    SAE Meeting ; 1963 Instruments



    Publication date :

    1963


    Size :

    8 pages


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :




    Non-lifting entry-vehicle design for superorbital velocities

    Ambrosio, A. / Baer, D.H. / Myer, H.G. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1963