INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF USING INFLATABLE BALLOON TYPE DRAG DEVICES FOR RECOVERY APPLICATIONS IN THE TRANSONIC, SUPERSONIC, AND HYPERSONIC FLIGHT REGIME. PART I. FUNCTIONAL AND PERFORMANCE DEMONSTRATION

Abstract

Feasibility of using an inflatable sphere as an aerodynamic decelerator and stabilizer was previously established by experimental wind tunnel tests and limited free-flight tests. To acquire further full-scale test data, additional free-flight tests were conducted. These tests were in the subsonic, transonic, and supersonic speed regimes at altitudes ranging from 100,000 to 170,000 feet. This field test program included six missions demonstrating recovery of a 500-pound test missile utilizing a deployable fabric sphere with a nine-foot inflated diameter. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0291682

Entities

People

  • A.c. Aebischer

Organizations

  • Goodyear Aerospace

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Demonstrations
  • Diameters
  • Field Tests
  • Flight
  • Free Flight
  • Hypersonic Flight
  • Recovery
  • Wind Tunnel Tests
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Materials Science
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow