RESEARCH MEMORANDUM A COMPARJTIVE ANALYSIS OF THE PERFORMANCE OF LONG-RANGE HYPERVELOCITY VEHICLES

NAC!A RM A54LlO TABLE OF CONTENTS k3llMmaY INTRODUCTION ANALYSIS . . . GeneA c+;i:era;i[eON: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Subscripts APPENDIXB - SIMPLIFYINGASSUMFTIONS IN=ANALYSIS OFTKE GLIDETFJON . .cFl~,~~ .. iLjDj~* ..... CONICAL MISSILES .... APPENDIXD- mmk;N.O; &&; k;O;GD.a& ;to;&. VEHICLES . ...... Radiation of 3eat From Glide Vehicles ...... . Radiative and Convective Heat Transfer Associated With .... Skip Vehicle APPENDIXE - DE-ION OF m RATIO OF (L/D)- FOR A FLAT PLATETO(L/D)- FORACONE REFERENCES FIGURES Page 1 2 i * 2 86 12 14 14 18 19 22 26 26