The testing of 3- and 6-meter diameter Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (HIAD) test articles was completed in the National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex 40 ft x 80 ft Wind Tunnel test section. Both models were stacked tori, constructed as 60 degree half-angle sphere cones. The 3-meter HIAD was tested in two configurations. The first 3-meter configuration utilized an instrumented flexible aerodynamic skin covering the inflatable aeroshell surface, while the second configuration employed a flight-like flexible thermal protection system. The 6-meter HIAD was tested in two structural configurations (with and without an aft-mounted stiffening torus near the shoulder), both utilizing an instrumented aerodynamic skin.
Design and Execution of the Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator Large-Article Wind Tunnel Experiment
10th International Planetary Probe Workshop ; 2013 ; San Jose, CA, United States
2013-06-17
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British Library Conference Proceedings | 2013
|Morphing Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator
AIAA | 2013
|Morphing Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator
British Library Conference Proceedings | 2013
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