Author: Maurice A. Sylvester
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Category : Launch vehicles (Astronautics)
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Wind tunnel force tests were performed on a scale model of the Mercury Redstone. The model consisted of the Redstone booster section and the Mercury capsule without the escape rocket pylon. The static stability and drag characteristics of this configuration were determined at Mach numbers from 2.00 to 5.00 and at angles of attack from -4 to 12 degrees. The results are summarized and discussed at zero angle of attack. (Author).
Wind Tunnel Force Tests of a Mercury Redstone Configuration, Without Escape Rocket Pylon, at Supersonic Mach Numbers
Author: Maurice A. Sylvester
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Category : Launch vehicles (Astronautics)
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Wind tunnel force tests were performed on a scale model of the Mercury Redstone. The model consisted of the Redstone booster section and the Mercury capsule without the escape rocket pylon. The static stability and drag characteristics of this configuration were determined at Mach numbers from 2.00 to 5.00 and at angles of attack from -4 to 12 degrees. The results are summarized and discussed at zero angle of attack. (Author).
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Category : Launch vehicles (Astronautics)
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Wind tunnel force tests were performed on a scale model of the Mercury Redstone. The model consisted of the Redstone booster section and the Mercury capsule without the escape rocket pylon. The static stability and drag characteristics of this configuration were determined at Mach numbers from 2.00 to 5.00 and at angles of attack from -4 to 12 degrees. The results are summarized and discussed at zero angle of attack. (Author).
Technical Abstract Bulletin
Wind-tunnel Investigation at Mach Numbers from 3.0 to 6.8 of the Static Aerodynamic Characteristics of Modified Mercury Exit and Escape Capsule Configurations
Author: Albin O. Pearson
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Category : Hypersonic wind tunnels
Languages : en
Pages : 26
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Category : Hypersonic wind tunnels
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Wind-tunnel Investigation of the Aerodynamic Pressures on the Apollo Launch Escape Vehicle Configuration
Author: William C. Moseley (Jr.)
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Category : Aerodynamic load
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Aerodynamic load
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Wind-tunnel Investigation at Mach Numbers from 3.0 to 6.8 of the Static Aerodynamic Characteristics of Modified Mercury Exit and Escape Capsule Configurations
Diffuser Efficiency and Flow Process of Supersonic Wind Tunnels with Free Jet Test Section
Author: Rudolf Hermann
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Category : Wind tunnels
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
In the wind tunnel arrangement under consideration, the air leaves the Laval nozzle as a free jet and is recaptured by the diffuser, which is of the convergent-divergent design. A theoretical analysis of the flow process through this type of supersonic wind tunnel is presented and the diffuser efficiency is calculated for the case of equilibrium between test chamber pressure and pressure in the nozzle exit, assuming one-dimensional, in viscous, steady flow. Using the basic equations of continuity, energy and momentum flux through a bounding surface, an exact solution of the problem is obtained, which is applicable up to Mach number infinite. One of the basic results is, that in the recapturing zone of the diffuser a transition occurs from supersonic to subsonic flow, which is followed by an acceleration in the convergent portion up to sonic velocity at the second throat. The transition is not a normal shock and involves a total pressure loss greater than that of a normal shock at the test section Mach number. A mathematical solution with supersonic velocity after the transition process has no physical existence. A comprehensive comparison of the analytical results with available experiments in supersonic wind tunnels up to Mach number 4.4 regarding diffuser efficiency and second throat area shows good agreement.
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Category : Wind tunnels
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
In the wind tunnel arrangement under consideration, the air leaves the Laval nozzle as a free jet and is recaptured by the diffuser, which is of the convergent-divergent design. A theoretical analysis of the flow process through this type of supersonic wind tunnel is presented and the diffuser efficiency is calculated for the case of equilibrium between test chamber pressure and pressure in the nozzle exit, assuming one-dimensional, in viscous, steady flow. Using the basic equations of continuity, energy and momentum flux through a bounding surface, an exact solution of the problem is obtained, which is applicable up to Mach number infinite. One of the basic results is, that in the recapturing zone of the diffuser a transition occurs from supersonic to subsonic flow, which is followed by an acceleration in the convergent portion up to sonic velocity at the second throat. The transition is not a normal shock and involves a total pressure loss greater than that of a normal shock at the test section Mach number. A mathematical solution with supersonic velocity after the transition process has no physical existence. A comprehensive comparison of the analytical results with available experiments in supersonic wind tunnels up to Mach number 4.4 regarding diffuser efficiency and second throat area shows good agreement.
Wind-tunnel Force and Pressure Tests of Rocket-engine Nozzle Extensions on the 0.0667-scale X-15-2 Model at Supersonic and Hypersonic Speeds
Author: Earl J. Montoya
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Apollo Wind Tunnel Testing Program
Author: William C. Moseley (Jr.)
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Category : Aerospace engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 84
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Category : Aerospace engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 84
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Wind-tunnel Tests of Seven Static-pressure Probes at Transonic Speeds
Author: Francis J. Capone
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Wind-tunnel tests have been conducted to determine the errors of 3 seven static-pressure probes mounted very close to the nose of a body of revolution simulating a missile forebody. The tests were conducted at Mach numbers from 0.80 to 1.08 and at angles of attack from -1.7° to 8.4°. The test Reynolds number per foot varied from 3.35 x 106 to 4.05 x 106. For three 4-vane, gimbaled probes, the static-pressure errors remained constant throughout the test angle-of-attack range for all Mach numbers except 1.02. For two single-vane, self-rotating probes having two orifices at ±37.5° from the plane of symmetry on the lower surface of the probe body, the static-pressure error varied as much as 1.5 percent of free-stream static pressure through the test angle-of-attack range for all Mach numbers. For two fixed, cone-cylinder probes of short length and large diameter, the static-pressure error varied over the test angle-of-attack range at constant Mach numbers as much as 8 to 10 percent of free-stream static pressure.
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Wind-tunnel tests have been conducted to determine the errors of 3 seven static-pressure probes mounted very close to the nose of a body of revolution simulating a missile forebody. The tests were conducted at Mach numbers from 0.80 to 1.08 and at angles of attack from -1.7° to 8.4°. The test Reynolds number per foot varied from 3.35 x 106 to 4.05 x 106. For three 4-vane, gimbaled probes, the static-pressure errors remained constant throughout the test angle-of-attack range for all Mach numbers except 1.02. For two single-vane, self-rotating probes having two orifices at ±37.5° from the plane of symmetry on the lower surface of the probe body, the static-pressure error varied as much as 1.5 percent of free-stream static pressure through the test angle-of-attack range for all Mach numbers. For two fixed, cone-cylinder probes of short length and large diameter, the static-pressure error varied over the test angle-of-attack range at constant Mach numbers as much as 8 to 10 percent of free-stream static pressure.
Captive Trajectory System for AEDC Supersonic Wind Tunnel (A) and Hypersonic Wind Tunnels (B) and (C)
Author: T. D. Buchanan
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Category : Hypersonic wind tunnels
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hypersonic wind tunnels
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description