Some of the aerodynamic and interference effects measured from wind-tunnel tests of three fully reusable space shuttle configurations at transonic and low-supersonic speeds are presented, and the status is given of an assessment of the analytical approach to date. The three configurations tested were a low-fineness-ratio booster combined in tandem with a delta-wing orbiter, designated the "low-fineness-ratio configuration,' and a phase B shuttle configuration consisting of the delta-wing orbiter and high-fineness-ratio booster, designated the "stage-arrangement configuration,' arranged in tandem and in parallel. The force measurements obtained at a Mach number of 1.5 for the low-fineness-ratio configuration were representative of the transonic and low-supersonic speed ranges where the interference effects are predominant and were used for comparison with values calculated at the same Mach number. This comparison is the basis for a preliminary assessment of the initial application of the analytical approach.
Status of Langley studies of aerodynamics and interference effects of tandem launch vehicles
01.02.1972
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Aerodynamics of Launch Vehicles
Springer Verlag | 2015
|Langley Symposium on Aerodynamics. Volume 1
NTIS | 1986
|Langley Symposium on Aerodynamics, volume 1
NTRS | 1986
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