Development of a Multi-beam Ultrasonic Shape Transducer for Reentry Vehicle nosetips
Abstract
Results of ground tests, including the cold ablation bench tests and the hot nosetip tests, are reported for a Multi-beam Ultrasonic Shape Transducer (MUST) for reentry vehicle nosetip recession measurements. Both tests have demonstrated that a MUST system is capable of measuring the shape of an ablating nosetip with an accuracy of approximately 0.1 in.
- Publication:
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26th International Instrumentation Symposium
- Pub Date:
- 1980
- Bibcode:
- 1980isa..symp..123L
- Keywords:
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- Ablation;
- Ground Tests;
- Nose Tips;
- Reentry Vehicles;
- Ultrasonic Tests;
- Ultrasonic Wave Transducers;
- Beams (Radiation);
- Environmental Tests;
- Instrument Errors;
- Recession;
- Reentry Effects;
- Space Environment Simulation;
- Spacecraft Instrumentation