Finite element analysis of conductive and radiative heating of a thin skin calorimeter

The main purpose of the present work is to investigate the influence of normal and lateral conduction on the temperature distribution and heat transfer coefficient on the surface of a typical sounding rocket. A two-dimensional heat conduction equation with a time dependent aerodynamic heating condition at one surface and a radiation boundary condition at the other end is solved using finite element method. © 1988 Springer-Verlag.