Conceptual designs of a fail-safe abort system for hydrogen fueled actively cooled high speed aircraft are examined. The fail-safe concept depends on basically three factors: (1) a reliable method of detecting a failure or malfunction in the active cooling system, (2) the optimization of abort trajectories which minimize the descent heat load to the aircraft, and (3) fail-safe thermostructural concepts to minimize both the weight and the maximum temperature the structure will reach during descent. These factors are examined and promising approaches are evaluated based on weight, reliability, ease of manufacture and cost. (Author)


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    Title :

    Study of Fail-Safe Abort System for an Actively Cooled Hypersonic Aircraft, Volume 2


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    Publication date :

    1976


    Size :

    229 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English