PYROLYTIC CARBON NOSE FOR HYPERSONIC VEHICLES

摘要

The present invention provides a spacecraft re-entry nose which makes use of the very marked anisotropy of pyrolytic graphite, which pyrolytic graphite is arranged in slices which are orientated so that the direction of least thermal conductivity is along the main axis of the nose whereas the direction of greatest thermal conductivity is at right angles to the surface of each slice. The slices are interconnected in pairs by three traversing pins of tungsten offset by a certain angle every two slices.