Sounding rocket thermal analysis techniques applied to GAS payloadsSimplified analytical techniques of sounding rocket programs are suggested as a means of bringing the cost of thermal analysis of the Get Away Special (GAS) payloads within acceptable bounds. Particular attention is given to two methods adapted from sounding rocket technology - a method in which the container and payload are assumed to be divided in half vertically by a thermal plane of symmetry, and a method which considers the container and its payload to be an analogous one-dimensional unit having the real or correct container top surface area for radiative heat transfer and a fictitious mass and geometry which model the average thermal effects.
Document ID
19790041747
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Wing, L. D. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Sounding Rocket Div., Greenbelt, Md., United States)