Wind Tunnel Investigation of Capsule Ejections from the Side and Base of a Carrier Vehicle at Mach Numbers 2, 4, 5, and 8

Abstract

Tests were conducted in the 40-Inch Supersonic and 50-Inch Mach 8 Tunnels of the von Karman Gas Dynamics Facility to determine the separation characteristics of ejected capsules while in the influence of the flow field of the carrier vehicle. High-speed movies were obtained of cylindrical and cone-cylinder flared capsules ejected at Mach numbers 2, 4, 5, and 8 with a constant free-stream Reynolds number of 3.4 x 10 to the 6th power per ft. The capsule orientations along their trajectories are presented to illustrate the results obtained.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0274707

Entities

People

  • L. A. Morgan

Organizations

  • Arnold Engineering Development Complex

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Boundary Layer
  • Cameras
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Flow
  • Flow Fields
  • Free Stream
  • Gas Dynamics
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Mach Number
  • Moment Of Inertia
  • Procurement
  • Reynolds Number
  • Schematic Diagrams
  • Test Facilities
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow