Wind tunnel research at NASA Langley Research Center s 31-inch Mach 10 hypersonic facility utilized a 5-component force balance, which provided a pressurized flow-thru capability to the test article. The goal of the research was to determine the interaction effects between the free-stream flow and the exit flow from the reaction control system on the Mars Science Laboratory aeroshell during planetary entry. In the wind tunnel, the balance was exposed to aerodynamic forces and moments, steady-state and transient thermal gradients, and various internal balance cavity pressures. Historically, these effects on force measurement accuracy have not been fully characterized due to limitations in the calibration apparatus. A statistically designed experiment was developed to adequately characterize the behavior of the balance over the expected wind tunnel operating ranges (forces/moments, temperatures, and pressures). The experimental design was based on a Taylor-series expansion in the seven factors for the mathematical models. Model inversion was required to calculate the aerodynamic forces and moments as a function of the strain-gage readings. Details regarding transducer on-board compensation techniques, experimental design development, mathematical modeling, and wind tunnel data reduction are included in this paper.


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    Titel :

    Thermal and Pressure Characterization of a Wind Tunnel Force Balance Using the Single Vector System


    Beteiligte:
    Lynn, Keith C. (Autor:in) / Commo, Sean A. (Autor:in) / Johnson, Thomas H. (Autor:in) / Parker, Peter A, (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    49th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition ; 2011 ; Orlando, FL, United States


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2011-01-04


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :



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