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The impact of the this industry can be seen in defense and transportation sectors, and space exploration has allowed humans to reach new understandings of physics and the universe. Student clubs have sprung up around aerospace, Northwestern's NUSTARS being one such group, allowing members to explore the foundations of rocketry in a hands-on context. One feat that very few student groups have accomplished is a rocket launch that reaches space. To achieve this, we believe the use of a specially-designed coating applied to the nose cone of the rocket will be effective. The rocket will need to travel at hypersonic speeds to reach space, which presents a number of challenges, the primary one being extremely high temperatures. In this paper, a coating which allows a student-designed rocket to withstand hypersonic flight conditions and reach space is designed.  \nIntroduction  \nSpace exploration has piqued human interest since the mid-twentieth century. Initially a case of wanting to discover previously unknown realms, aerospace exploration soon translated to a wide array of benefits for humanity. Satellites sent from Earth have allowed scientists to not only learn more about the planets around us, but have also provided crucial data which have aided developments in weather reporting, global positioning and telecommunications [1] . The aerospace industry is one the fastest-growing sectors today, with further investments being made to achieve targets such as human access to Mars.  \nFor a rocket to reach space, it must be able to break through the barrier of the Earth's atmosphere, which will require reaching very high speeds. In order to do this, the rocket must be designed to include properties such as low area density, high temperature resistance, and a low drag coefficient. A key feature of the rocket is the nose cone, which is the nozzle-like structure which acts as the head of the rocket. Not only must this part have a shape which translates to suitable aerodynamic performance, but it must also be able to withstand very high temperatures and drag forces during flight. To accomplish this, a coating for the nose cone is used to provide the rocket a significant performance boost. Coatings act to provide a layer of protection for the exoskeleton of the rocket from the surrounding environment, and must be chemically compatible with the substrate that they are being applied on.  \nFor our Materials Design project, we are designing a coating for the nose cone of a student-built hypersonic rocket. The rocket will be designed by NUSTARS, which is a student-run group operating in Northwestern University aiming to explore and teach the field of rocketry to students on campus. Our process of designing this coating required us to decide on the most significant properties and determine a material that possessed these properties and could also be viably manufactured by the team. Furthermore, COMSOL Multiphysics [2]finite element modeling allowed us to investigate the feasibility of our designs. We then identified the optimal structural elements for our material based on the desired properties. Key aspects in designing the coating included ensuring that it was cost-effective and that its synthesis could be conducted in a university lab. We predict that our coating will allow the rocket to survive hypersonic speeds and reach space, which is the finaltarget of this project.  \nProject Nose Cone Design  \nThe nose cone optimized in this design project has three primary components. A visual example can be seen in Figure 1 [3] . The tip of the nose cone is Inconel, which is a high temperature resistant metal that is  \nfrequently used for this purpose. A different material is chosen for the tip because the tip of the nose cone and the body region of the nose cone experien","cbCaic7rDGRvi8Y1","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaic7rDGRvi8Y1","pdf",822514,"English","# Introduction\n# Project Nose Cone Design\n# System Design Chart\n## Performance and Properties","[{\"question\":\"What problem does the paper address for hypersonic rockets?\",\"answer\":\"The paper addresses the need for a student-designed rocket to withstand hypersonic flight conditions, especially extremely high temperatures during travel to space.\"},{\"question\":\"Where is the coating applied in the rocket design?\",\"answer\":\"The coating is applied to the nose cone of the student-built hypersonic rocket to protect the nose-cone structure from the surrounding environment.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the proposed structure of the coating?\",\"answer\":\"The design uses a dual-layer coating: an inner foam layer and an outer paint layer.\"}]","Coatings for Hypersonic Rockets | PDF",1791814136]