A wind tunnel test of the Adaptable Deployable Entry and Placement Technology (ADEPT) was conducted in April 2015 at the US Army's 7×10 Foot Wind Tunnel located at NASA Ames Research Center. Key geometric features of the fabric test article were a 0.7 m deployed base diameter, a 70° half-angle forebody cone angle, eight ribs, and a nose-to-base radius ratio of 0.7. The primary objective of this wind tunnel test was to obtain static deflected shape and pressure distributions while varying pretension at dynamic pressures and angles of attack relevant to entry conditions at Earth, Mars, and Venus. Other objectives included obtaining aerodynamic force and moment data and determining the presence and magnitude of any dynamic aeroelastic behavior (buzz/flutter) in the fabric trailing edge. All instrumentation systems worked as planned and a rich data set was obtained. This paper describes the test articles, instrumentation systems, data products, and test results. Four notable conclusions are drawn. First, test data support adopting a pre-tension lower bound of 10 lbf/in for Nano-ADEPT mission applications. Second, test results indicate that the fabric conditioning process needs to be reevaluated. Third, no flutter/buzz of the fabric was observed for any test condition and should also not occur at hypersonic speeds. Fourth, translating one of the gores caused ADEPT to generate lift without the need for a center of gravity offset. At hypersonic speeds, the lift generated by actuating ADEPT gores could be used for vehicle control.


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    Titel :

    Nano-ADEPT aeroloads wind tunnel test


    Beteiligte:
    Smith, Brandon (Autor:in) / Yount, Bryan (Autor:in) / Kruger, Carl (Autor:in) / Brivkalns, Chad (Autor:in) / Makino, Alberto (Autor:in) / Cassell, Alan (Autor:in) / Zarchi, Kerry (Autor:in) / McDaniel, Ryan (Autor:in) / Ross, James (Autor:in) / Wercinski, Paul (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2016-03-01


    Format / Umfang :

    7956375 byte




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch



    Nano-ADEPT Aeroloads Wind Tunnel Test

    Smith, Brandon / Cassell, A. / Yount, B. et al. | NTRS | 2015


    Nano-ADEPT Aeroloads Wind Tunnel Test

    B. Smith / A. Cassell / B. Yount et al. | NTIS | 2015


    ADEPT

    Wercinski, Paul | NTRS | 2015