Re: How Rockets Differ From Jets

tomcat,
I have some tile attachment ideas that'll remain reasonably flexible,
allowing for a great deal of thermal expansion and somewhat self
aligning as to help spread whatever thermal and physical stress, loaded
upon the outer composite skin as somewhat Fish-Scale like applications,
using a mechanical attachment method rather than some fancy bathtub
cement that's hardly good enough for cooking a roast.

>tomcat; While 'thermal conductivity' is great for moving heat
from the leading edges and forming the hull into a heatsink, it
>is bad for stopping heat flow into the ship itself.
But that's actually a perfect good thing to appreciate about CNT, as
providing the thermal heatsink should help to transfer/redistribute the
thermal energy rather than allowing a horrific buildup at any one
point.

>tomcat; Best then, for the outer hull, would be a layer of basalt fabric,
>followed by several layers of CNT/basalt composite, finished off by a
>layer of CNT. Then, on top of that, Corelle/silica tile composite
>ceramic clamped and cemented to the skin.
I totally agree with this composite matrix approach, and don't worry
about tile breakage if using my fish-scale method of application.

>tomcat; The binder should, in all cases, be graphite epoxy because
>it is stiff and can take the heat.
Isn't there such a thing as being too stiff?
How much heat can graphite and/or boron epoxy withstand?

Here's a little more info coming our way, at least I'm hoping others
will share and share alike without going into their usual need-to-know
and/or taboo/nondisclosure mode. Just as well if you can provide some
SME/SRB exhaust velocity and burn-time info would help us village
idiots to understand a bit more of what's reasonably SME/SRB
obtainable.
GRAVITY AND THE PHOTON
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.physics/browse_frm/thread/b5e032911e7b1aea/8ff196f1c9b35f0f?lnk=st&q=brad+guth&rnum=1&hl=en#8ff196f1c9b35f0f
~

Kurt Vonnegut would have to agree; WAR is WAR, thus "in war there are
no rules" - In fact, war has been the very reason of having to deal
with the likes of others that haven't been playing by whatever rules,
such as GW Bush.
Life upon Venus, a township w/Bridge & ET/UFO Park-n-Ride Tarmac:
http://guthvenus.tripod.com/gv-town.htm
The Russian/China LSE-CM/ISS (Lunar Space Elevator)
http://guthvenus.tripod.com/lunar-space-elevator.htm
Venus ETs, plus the updated sub-topics; Brad Guth / GASA-IEIS
http://guthvenus.tripod.com/gv-topics.htm

.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: How Rockets Differ From Jets
    ... I have some tile attachment ideas that'll remain reasonably flexible, ... >is bad for stopping heat flow into the ship itself. ... Kurt Vonnegut would have to agree; WAR is WAR, ... war has been the very reason of having to deal ...
    (sci.space.shuttle)
  • Re: NASA as a worthless moon-crack addict
    ... The Cold Equations ... "It's not part of the %92 of GLOW that is fuel burned during ascent to ... Face it "tomcat" and to all others that still believe in the tooth ... Kurt Vonnegut would have to agree; WAR is WAR, ...
    (sci.space.policy)
  • Re: The Cold Equations
    ... There's been quite a bit that "tomcat" can't manage to produce. ... NASA's shunning of titanium is somewhat the truth, ... contributing the least amount of mass. ... Kurt Vonnegut would have to agree far beyond; WAR is WAR, ...
    (sci.space.shuttle)
  • Re: How Rockets Differ From Jets
    ... :A good spaceplane would be a combination of extremely light materials, ... moon gets into being safely visited by other than robotics. ... Kurt Vonnegut would have to agree; WAR is WAR, ...
    (sci.space.shuttle)
  • Re: The Cold Equations
    ... tomcat wrote: ... not NASA knocking. ... >> aluminum tends to spread the heat out a lot more, ... Kurt Vonnegut would have to agree far beyond; WAR is WAR, ...
    (sci.space.shuttle)