Feasibility of metallic structural heat pipes as sharp leading edges for hypersonic vehicles

Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions ASME

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1-9

  Steeves, Craig A ^a   He, Ming Y ^a   Kasen, Scott D ^b   Valdevit, Lorenzo ^c   Wadley, Haydn N G ^b   Evans, Anthony G ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

^c University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-BREATHING PROPULSION; ANALYTICAL APPROXIMATION; ANALYTICAL PREDICTIONS; FINITE ELEMENT CALCULATIONS; FLAT SURFACES; HEAT PIPE FLUIDS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYPERSONIC FLIGHTS; LEADING EDGE; THERMAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; WORKING FLUID;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; HEAT PIPES; HYDROCARBONS; HYPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS; LITHIUM; NIOBIUM; NIOBIUM ALLOYS;

HYPERSONIC VEHICLES;

EID: 77952856635     PISSN: 00218936     EISSN: 15289036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3086440     Document Type: Article

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