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Thermal Management and Environmental Control of Hypersonic Vehicles
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Hypervelocity endo/exoatmospheric vehicles experience extremely severe thermal conditions, requiring an integrated vehicle-wide approach to thermal management. The paper presents a discussion of key thermal management and environmental control issues with examples from two classes of vehicles, namely a Mach 6 interceptor aircraft and a single-stage-to-orbit vehicle. The elements of a general thermal management optimization methodology are discussed. Trade study results between a single-phase and a two-phase cooling loop used on the single-stage-to-orbit vehicle are also presented.
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Iya, S., Trikha, A., and Ladd, M., "Thermal Management and Environmental Control of Hypersonic Vehicles," SAE Technical Paper 891440, 1989, https://doi.org/10.4271/891440.Also In
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- A Two-Phase Thermal Management System for the Space Station Bland T. J. Downing R. S. Rogers D. P. SAE 841525