A Brief Discussion about Re-Entry Vehicles |
Author(s): |
| Dhanush Salunke , Champavati high school |
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| Reentry, Atmospheric Drag, Aerodynamic Heating, Inflatable Heat Shield Reentry |
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A re-entry vehicle is the segment of rocket which comes back on the earth’s surface through its atmosphere. This vehicle is highly affected by Earth’s gravity. Atmosphere also affects it while coming towards surface of earth. It is also affected by Atmospheric drag compression in atmosphere. While re-entry metals are highly heated and there are chances of melting of that metals then, Thermal Barrier Coating (TBC) is applied to resist large temperature gradients. Also, the reentry vehicles need thermal coating which is generally recognized as Thermal Protection System (TPS).Here we will be discussing the challenges faced while re-entry of that vehicle, attractive vehicle shapes, materials used in vehicles to prevent aerodynamic heating, also types of reentry vehicles and their analysis in brief. |
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Paper ID: IJSRDV8I100040 Published in: Volume : 8, Issue : 10 Publication Date: 01/01/2021 Page(s): 44-47 |
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