Tests have shown that Mach and Reynolds number affect static stability; increasing Mach number decreases static stability; increasing Reynolds number appears to increase static stability at low amplitudes and to have opposite effect at large amplitudes; nonlinear analysis was found useful in making these comparisons; although there was scatter in data, configuration tested appears to be dynamically stable at Mach 16 and dynamically unstable at Mach 30; drag coefficient at Mach 30 was found to be higher than at lower Mach numbers.
Free-flight tests of blunt-nosed flare-stabilized body at speeds to 8.2 km/sec
J Spacecraft Rockets
Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets ; 3 , n 3 ; p 374-377
1966
4 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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