DRAG AND PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF FLEXIBLE AERODYNAMIC DECELERATORS IN THE WAKES OF DOUBLE-STRUT MOUNTED FOREBODIES AT MACH NUMBERS FROM 2 TO 5

Abstract

Tests were conducted in the 40-in. supersonic tunnel of the von Karman Gas Dynamics Facility to determine the drag and stability characteristics of a series of flexible supersonic decelerator models deployed at various positions aft of two double-strut mounted forebodies and to define the centerline wake flow characteristics of one of the forebodies. Data were obtained at Mach numbers from 2 to 5 at dynamic pressures corresponding to pressure altitudes which ranged from 82,000 to 142,000 ft. Selected typical results are presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0824245

Entities

People

  • A. W. Myers

Organizations

  • Arnold Engineering Development Complex

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Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Cameras
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Dynamics
  • Gas Dynamics
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Instrumentation
  • Mach Number
  • Measurement
  • Parachute Canopies
  • Parachutes
  • Photographs
  • Research Facilities
  • Static Pressure
  • Test Facilities
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow