A heat shield for protecting a windward side of a vehicle from a high enthalpy flow is disclosed. The heat shield includes a centerbody sidewall and a centerbody base extending aft of the centerbody sidewall. The centerbody sidewall and the centerbody base define a heat shield outer surface that is non-axisym metric. Also disclosed is an aerospike nozzle defined at least partially by the heat shield, an engine including a high pressure chamber and the aerospike nozzle, and a vehicle including the engine.
ANNULAR AEROSPIKE NOZZLE WITH WIDELY-SPACED THRUST CHAMBERS, ENGINE INCLUDING THE ANNULAR AEROSPIKE NOZZLE, AND VEHICLE INCLUDING THE ENGINE
RINGFÖRMIGE LUFTDÜSENANORDNUNG MIT WEIT BEABSTANDETEN SCHUBKAMMERN, MOTOR MIT DER RINGFÖRMIGEN LUFTDÜSENANORDNUNG UND FAHRZEUG MIT DEM MOTOR
TUYÈRE ANNULAIRE DE TYPE AEROSPIKE POURVUE DE CHAMBRES PROPULSIVES LARGEMENT ESPACÉES, MOTEUR COMPRENANT LA TUYÈRE ANNULAIRE DE TYPE AEROSPIKE, ET VÉHICULE COMPRENANT LEDIT MOTEUR
2024-02-21
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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