A CENTRIFUGAL HYPERSONIC WIND TUNNEL FACILITY FOR INVESTIGATING EFFECTS OF INERTIA ON ABLATING BODIES

Abstract

This paper draws attention to the significant effect of inertial loads experienced during re-entry on the process of ablation. It examines the feasibility of creating a ground-test facility which re-entry deceleration can be simulated in a high velocity, high enthalpy gas flow. The conclusion is reached that a centrifuge mounted, electric arc heated, hypersonic tunnel can be developed with the necessary capability for studies over a wind range of re- entry trajectories. The essentials of such a design are presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0403591

Entities

People

  • Joseph S. Ford Jr.

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ablation
  • Boundary Layer
  • Compressors
  • Control Systems
  • Convection
  • Electric Arcs
  • Engineering
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Exchangers
  • Heat Transfer
  • Hypersonic Wind Tunnels
  • Mach Number
  • Photographs
  • Stagnation Temperature
  • Test Facilities
  • Thermodynamics
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flight
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow