Conceptual Design of Deployment Structure of Morphing Nose Cone

For a reusable space vehicle or a missile, the shape of the nose cone has a significant effect on the drag of the vehicle. In this paper, the concept of morphing nose cone is proposed to reduce the drag when the reentry vehicle flies back into the atmosphere. The conceptual design of the structure o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Junlan Li, Jianing Wu, Shaoze Yan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2013-01-01
Series:Advances in Mechanical Engineering
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/590957