Use of sled system is recommended as methd of obtaining aerodynamic data in regime of high Mach and Reynolds numbers; description of sled designs and data collection system which is used successfully to acquire pressure data on cone-cylinders; data are compared with data from free-flight rockets, wind-tunnel tests and computer calculations; sled-testing appears promising method of simulating flight conditions at low altitudes at Mach numbers up to M equal 8; principal advantage is high degree of accuracy possible in determining actual test conditions, which include Mach number, static pressure, and static temperature; sleds may be used to collect other experimental data such as heat-transfer and boundary-layer transition. (17694)
High-speed monorail rocket sleds for aerodynamic testing at high Reynolds numbers
J Spacecraft Rockets
Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets ; 5 , n 11
1968
6 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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