BUFFET RESPONSE OF AEROELASTICALLY SCALED TITAN III MISSILE CONFIGURATIONS AT TRANSONIC MACH NUMBERS

Abstract

A wind tunnel investigation was conducted to obtain the structural response of 0.07-scaled aeroelastic models of Titan III missile configurations to buffet airloads at transonic Mach numbers. Test results in the form of bending-moment response in the pitch and yaw planes were obtained for various payload, upper stage, and booster combinations. The tests were conducted in the Mach number range from 0.6 to 1.4 and at angles of attack ranging from 0 to 4 deg. The basic Centaur/Voyager configuration experienced flutter in the first pitch and yaw elastic bending modes as Mach number was increased above 0.80. The flutter was eliminated by (1) adding to the payload a cylindrical shroud having the same diameter as the payload and (2) adding to the payload a boattail shroud with a ring of vortex generators upstream of the boattail. The MOL and Apollo configurations exhibited slightly different trends in the bending-moment variations with Mach number, although both configuration families experienced peak loads at Mach numbers near 0.95. Increasing dynamic pressure caused a proportionate increase in the pitch and yaw structural response. Increasing angle of attack, in general, resulted in a reduction in the structural response, although there were deviations from this trend for certain configurations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0808700

Entities

People

  • J. E. Robertson
  • T. R. Brice

Organizations

  • Arnold Engineering Development Complex

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Bending Moments
  • Boundary Layer
  • Diameters
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Flow
  • Flow Visualization
  • Instrumentation
  • Mach Number
  • Measurement
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Physical Properties
  • Rockets
  • Structural Response
  • Test Facilities
  • Vibration
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.