AERODYNAMIC DEPLOYABLE DECELERATOR PERFORMANCE - EVALUATION PROGRAM

Abstract

The objective of this program is to advance the state of the art by using analytical and engineering techniques for designing aerodynamic deployable decelerators. Three classes of decelerators - small supersonic parachutes, ram- air-inflated BALLUTEs, and large high-dynamic-pressure parachutes were investigated. Free-flight tests using a newly developed GAC missile system and wind-tunnel tests in the full-scale propulsion wind-tunnel facility at Arnold Research Center were conducted. The results indicated that the engineering techniques that were developed led to improved decelerators and that an improved free-flight test capability was established.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0473471

Entities

People

  • A. C. Aebischer
  • F. Floetscher
  • F. R. Nebiker
  • J. J. Dean
  • W. W. Sowa

Organizations

  • Goodyear Aerospace

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Characteristics
  • Booster Rocket Engines
  • Boundary Layer
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Flow Visualization
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Geometry
  • Heat Transfer
  • Measurement
  • Mechanics
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Two Dimensional
  • Wind Tunnel Tests
  • Wind Tunnels

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow