A Review of Aerodynamic Characteristics for Several Recovery Schemes of Reentry Vehicles,

Abstract

This paper conducts analysis and comparison of the aerodynamic characteristics for several recovery schemes of reentry vehicles. These schemes include the aft jettison mass plus parachutes, the sidewise jettison mass-drag cones plus parachutes, the towed cones plus parachutes, the drag brakes plus parachutes, and the aft jettison mass-drag brakes plus parachutes. The features of pattern of air flow for these schemes, the results of wind tunnel tests and the results of engineering calculation are emphasized. Based on this, a ballistic analysis and performance comparison for these schemes are carried out, and suggestions for the selection of schemes and further work are proposed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 18, 1986
Accession Number
ADA172993

Entities

People

  • Zhicheng Huang

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Characteristics
  • Air Flow
  • Barometric Pressure
  • Coefficients
  • Engineering
  • Flow
  • Flow Fields
  • Free Flight
  • Heat Transmission
  • Peak Values
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Reentry Vehicles
  • Shock Waves
  • Supersonic Wind Tunnels
  • Wind Tunnel Tests
  • Wind Tunnels

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)