Data Verification Tests of a 0.02-Scale NASA Space Shuttle Launch Vehicle at Mach Numbers from 0.60 to 1.55.

Abstract

A 0.02-scale model of the NASA Space Shuttle Integrated Launch Vehicle was tested November 15 and 16, 1978 in the Propulsion Wind Tunnel (16T) at free-stream Mach numbers from 0.60 to 1.55, free-stream dynamic pressures from 388 to 658 psf, angles of attack from -8 to 8 deg, angles of sideslip from -6 to 6 deg, and roll angles of 0, 180, -90, and 90 deg with nominal inboard elevon deflections of 10 deg and outboard elevon deflections of 5 deg. The objectives of the test were to determine applicable angular corrections in the pitch and sideslip planes and to establish, throughout an alpha/beta matrix, a data base for the determination of angular corrections to be applied to previously obtained data. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 05, 1979
Accession Number
ADA069194

Entities

People

  • J. A. Black

Organizations

  • Arnold Engineering Development Complex

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Characteristics
  • Air Force
  • Base Pressure
  • Bending Moments
  • Booster Rocket Engines
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Processing
  • Data Reduction
  • Databases
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Elevons
  • Instrumentation
  • Measurement
  • Polyethylene Glycols
  • Strain Gages
  • Test Facilities
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers