Heat-Transfer Tests on the Nose of the Shuttle Orbiter External Tank (FH-15).

Abstract

Aerodynamic heating tests were conducted using a 0.0275-scale model of the space shuttle external tank nose to obtain detailed heat-transfer distributions. Special emphasis was placed on evaluating interference heating around the forward fairing, trays and gaseous oxygen line and brackets. The thin-skin thermocouple technique was used, and data were obtained at Mach numbers 3,4, and 5.5 at (free-stream Reynolds numbers of 3.7 and 5.0 million per ft. Model angle of attack was 0, and + or - 5 deg, with sideslip angles from -11 to +11 deg. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA058693

Entities

People

  • D. B. Carver
  • D. E. Boylan

Organizations

  • Arnold Engineering Development Complex

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Aerodynamic Heating
  • Air Force
  • Boundary Layer
  • Data Reduction
  • Engineering
  • Flow
  • Free Stream
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transfer Coefficients
  • Heating
  • Mach Number
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Reynolds Number
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster