SIMILITUDE TESTS, SPACE THERMAL ENVIRONMENT AND CONTROL,

Abstract

In the testing of space vehicles and their components in a space thermal environment simulator, it is desirable in many cases to utilize scaled models due to space limitations of the test facility. Space thermal environment tests of models and prototypes have been designed and performed to experimentally establish the validity of scaling criterion previously developed and checked analytically. The test results verify the established requisite conditions for thermal and geometric similitude between model and prototype. The results of these studies indicate that where necessary it is possible to obtain definitive thermal information from the simulated space environment testing of scaled models of satellites and space vehicles, provided that the test is designed on a firm basis of the established scaling laws. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 30, 1961
Accession Number
AD0681799

Entities

People

  • E. H. Christensen
  • H. T. Iida
  • J. C. Ballinger

Organizations

  • General Dynamics

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Buildings And Structures
  • Environment
  • Models
  • Prototypes
  • Scaling Laws
  • Simulators
  • Space Environments
  • Space Systems
  • Spacecraft
  • Spacecraft Components
  • Test Facilities
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Software Engineering
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers