Aerodynamic Heating Rate on Rocket
Aerodynamic Heating Rate on Rocket
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I am currently helping in the design of a rocket and I am hoping to find a way to empirically calculate the heating rate on the fins. Note that these fins are located near the back of the rocket and that they are made of a fiberglass material. Also, the rocket maintains a speed of mach 1.5 for over 90s. I know that this heating rate cannot be expressed easily but any help would be great.





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RE: Aerodynamic Heating Rate on Rocket
RE: Aerodynamic Heating Rate on Rocket
The reason for this is because it only takes into account mach speed, free stream temperature at a particular altitude, and fluid properties (such as a recovery factor and ratio of specific heats, 1.4).
I still am under the impression that I need to look at the rate at which the temperature is changing rather an equation that gives a temperature value flat out.
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