Leading edge heat shield for wings of spacecraft

Details Leading edge heat shield for wings of spacecraft Leading edge heat shield for wings of spacecraft

1995-11-28

1998-06-30

Mojica, V. Lissi

Aeronautics and astronautics

Spacecraft

Spacecraft formation, orbit, or interplanetary path

244163, 244131, 244132, 244121, B64G 122, B64G 146, B64G 1050, B64C 112

Patent

active

057721548

ABSTRACT:
A heat shield for thermally insulating the leading edge of a wing of a spacecraft during ascent and reentry includes a plurality of rigid tiles. Each tile is formed with a pie-shaped element which interlocks with the complementarily-formed element of another tile. The combination of structure afforded by the pie-shaped elements substantially impedes hypersonic flow of any gases that might enter the gaps between tiles.

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