Design of an efficient thermal protection system for the space shuttle orbiter and booster is discussed, based on knowledge of the thermal environment to be experienced by the vehicles in all flight phases. The complex configurations of these vehicles limit the level of confidence which can be associated with purely analytical thermal environment predictions. Tests were conducted during April and May 1971 using an orbiter and booster model at a 96-in. hypersonic shock tunnel. Both models were tested separately as well as together. A sufficiently large range in Reynolds number was covered so that laminar, transitional, and turbulent data could be obtained.


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    Titel :

    Space shuttle: Aerodynamic heating tests of the MDAC delta wing orbiter and canard booster


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    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.01.1972


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch


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