afterbody

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The afterpart of a vehicle.
2. isim The part of a vessel abaft midships.

   “After the diagonals are drawn in the plane of the projection, the ribbands may be laid down in the horizontal plane, and from thence all the other frames may be laid down in the plane of projection, in the very same manner that the horizontal ribbands and the frames for the afterbody were laid down.”

3. isim A companion body that trails a satellite or spacecraft.
4. isim A section or piece of a launch vehicle, rocket, or spacecraft that enters the atmosphere unprotected behind the nose cone or other body that is protected for entry.

   “However, turbulent flow along the vehicle afterbody can under some conditions produce a comparable or greater heat flux.”