NASA-Convair ACS Space Shuttle Study at Mach Number 8.0

Abstract

Some aerothermodynamic design problems of the Space Shuttle attitude control system (ACS) were experimentally studied in a series of tests conducted at Mach number 8, at Reynolds numbers of 1,000,000and 5,000,000, using a flat plate containing interchangeable, flush-mounted nozzle cavities and lateral jet nozzles. The ACS configurations considered in this test program were a single supersonic nozzle and a cluster of four symmetrically located supersonic nozzles. Also, some preliminary results were obtained with nozzles similar to those on the flat plate used to simulate the yaw controls on a 2-percent-scaled nose section of the Convair Aerospace B-9U booster.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0759578

Entities

People

  • J. T. Best Jr.
  • W. T. Strike Jr.

Organizations

  • Arnold Engineering Development Complex

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Boundary Layer
  • Control Systems
  • Flow Fields
  • Free Stream
  • Heat Transfer
  • Instrumentation
  • Mach Number
  • Measurement
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Test Equipment
  • Thermodynamic Properties
  • Three Dimensional
  • Turbulent Boundary Layer
  • Two Dimensional
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerial Delivery - Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Boundary Layers
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow
  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers