Performance of Transpiration Cooled Heat Shields for Re-entry Vehicles - Dataset

This paper presents results of a system study of transpiration cooled thermal protection systems for Earth re-entry. The cooling performance for sustained hypersonic flight and transient re-entry of a blunt cone geometry is assessed. A simplified numerical model is used to calculate the transient te...

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Main Authors: Hermann, T, McGilvray, M, Naved, I
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: University of Oxford 2022
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McGilvray, M
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description This paper presents results of a system study of transpiration cooled thermal protection systems for Earth re-entry. The cooling performance for sustained hypersonic flight and transient re-entry of a blunt cone geometry is assessed. A simplified numerical model is used to calculate the transient temperature of a transpiration cooled heat shield. The performance of transpiration cooling is assessed by calculating the overall required coolant mass for different steady state and transient flight scenarios. Spatially and temporally optimised mass injection is presented for various flight conditions. The majority of the injection is required on the spherical nose segment of the blunted cone. Carbon/Carbon composite ceramic and the ultra high temperature ceramic Zirconium di-Boride are considered as wall materials. Both materials require similar amounts of coolant injection. In continuous hypersonic cruise, transpiration cooling is highly effective for flight conditions with velocities below 8kms􀀀1 and altitudes above 40 km. For transient re-entry, transpiration cooling is most viable for trajectories of entry velocities below 8.5kms􀀀1 and ballistic coefficients below 2 kgm􀀀2.
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spelling oxford-uuid:fcff1c36-9db6-4d24-a87d-b64b1054b0d62022-11-28T16:48:47ZPerformance of Transpiration Cooled Heat Shields for Re-entry Vehicles - DatasetDatasethttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_ddb1uuid:fcff1c36-9db6-4d24-a87d-b64b1054b0d6EnglishHyrax DepositUniversity of Oxford2022Hermann, TMcGilvray, MNaved, IMcGilvray, MThis paper presents results of a system study of transpiration cooled thermal protection systems for Earth re-entry. The cooling performance for sustained hypersonic flight and transient re-entry of a blunt cone geometry is assessed. A simplified numerical model is used to calculate the transient temperature of a transpiration cooled heat shield. The performance of transpiration cooling is assessed by calculating the overall required coolant mass for different steady state and transient flight scenarios. Spatially and temporally optimised mass injection is presented for various flight conditions. The majority of the injection is required on the spherical nose segment of the blunted cone. Carbon/Carbon composite ceramic and the ultra high temperature ceramic Zirconium di-Boride are considered as wall materials. Both materials require similar amounts of coolant injection. In continuous hypersonic cruise, transpiration cooling is highly effective for flight conditions with velocities below 8kms􀀀1 and altitudes above 40 km. For transient re-entry, transpiration cooling is most viable for trajectories of entry velocities below 8.5kms􀀀1 and ballistic coefficients below 2 kgm􀀀2.
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Performance of Transpiration Cooled Heat Shields for Re-entry Vehicles - Dataset
title Performance of Transpiration Cooled Heat Shields for Re-entry Vehicles - Dataset
title_full Performance of Transpiration Cooled Heat Shields for Re-entry Vehicles - Dataset
title_fullStr Performance of Transpiration Cooled Heat Shields for Re-entry Vehicles - Dataset
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title_short Performance of Transpiration Cooled Heat Shields for Re-entry Vehicles - Dataset
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