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Railgun assisted Launches of Projectiles with Sub- and Low - Earth - Orbit – Payloads (The European View)

Bozic, Ognjan und Behrens, Jorg (2006) Railgun assisted Launches of Projectiles with Sub- and Low - Earth - Orbit – Payloads (The European View). ESA Student Technical Education Conference, STEC 2006, 2006-05-09 - 2006-05-12, Braunschweig, Niedersachsen, Germany.

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A Railgun-concept for the launch of small payloads into low Earth orbits is currently under investigation. The system design of this entirely new launch system foresees the acceleration of slim projectiles to hypersonic speeds by an electromagnetic railgun. The expected high performance concerning efficiency, cost and repetition rates makes this system attractive for space applications. As a first cornerstone in the development of this unconventional and alternative access to space the launch of scientific experiments into suborbital altitudes is planned, enabling to validate all basic features and characteristics. The first project foresees a 32 MJ railgun system able to launch non-propelled projectiles with experiments for high-atmospheric research to an altitude of 115 km. This application will strongly concentrate on actual market needs and will be capable to provide low-cost flights for atmospheric sounding as a first goal. This will be followed by a system to launch single stage rocket propelled projectiles to put in orbit nano-satellites using a 3.4 GJ railgun with a length of 180 m. One of the main issues to be investigated, beside the gun structure, is the extreme thermal conditions the projectile's surfaces are exposed to, namely high temperatures and high thermal loads. These are caused by friction and turbulent flow properties, when the projectile rushes through the dense Earth's atmosphere in less than 30 s. The important questions to be answered for the design of a hypersonic projectile are the determination of the duration, magnitude and location of the maximum temperatures with respect to the projectile's surface and its corresponding internal structure. For the determination of this complicated physical conditions a DLR has developed a set of self developed design/CFD tools. Results of analysis are heir presented and commented. This paper presents the main concepts and the design aspects with special emphasis on flight mechanics, aero-/thermodynamics, materials and propulsion characteristics.

elib-URL des Eintrags:https://elib.dlr.de/48745/
Dokumentart:Konferenzbeitrag (Vortrag)
Titel:Railgun assisted Launches of Projectiles with Sub- and Low - Earth - Orbit – Payloads (The European View)
Autoren:
AutorenInstitution oder E-Mail-AdresseAutoren-ORCID-iDORCID Put Code
Bozic, OgnjanNICHT SPEZIFIZIERTNICHT SPEZIFIZIERTNICHT SPEZIFIZIERT
Behrens, JorgEADS - Space Transportation, BremenNICHT SPEZIFIZIERTNICHT SPEZIFIZIERT
Datum:Mai 2006
Open Access:Nein
Gold Open Access:Nein
In SCOPUS:Nein
In ISI Web of Science:Nein
Status:veröffentlicht
Stichwörter:railgun, projectile, concepts, aerothermodynamik, heat loads, unsteady flow, flow-structure coupling
Veranstaltungstitel:ESA Student Technical Education Conference, STEC 2006
Veranstaltungsort:Braunschweig, Niedersachsen, Germany
Veranstaltungsart:internationale Konferenz
Veranstaltungsbeginn:9 Mai 2006
Veranstaltungsende:12 Mai 2006
Veranstalter :Technical University "Carolo Wilhelmina", Braunschweig /ESA ESTEC
HGF - Forschungsbereich:Verkehr und Weltraum (alt)
HGF - Programm:Weltraum (alt)
HGF - Programmthema:W RP - Raumtransport
DLR - Schwerpunkt:Weltraum
DLR - Forschungsgebiet:W RP - Raumtransport
DLR - Teilgebiet (Projekt, Vorhaben):W - Zukünftige Raumtransporter - Entwurf und Simulationsmethoden für Raumtransporter (alt)
Standort: Braunschweig , Göttingen
Institute & Einrichtungen:Institut für Aerodynamik und Strömungstechnik > Raumfahrzeuge
Hinterlegt von: Bozic, Dr.-Ing. Ognjan
Hinterlegt am:07 Jun 2007
Letzte Änderung:24 Apr 2024 19:11

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