Re-entry trim angle of attack and lift-to-drag ratios from Gemini flights GT2, GT3, GT4, and GT5 are compared with wind-tunnel data from Arnold Engineering Development Center, (von Karman Gas Dynamics Facility AEDC-VKF) tunnels F and L; comparisons show that systematic and carefully analyzed wind-tunnel program can be very useful in prediction of flight aerodynamics of such re-entry spacecrafts as Gemini and Apollo; correlation parameter found to be most meaningful was Reynolds number downstream of normal part of bow shock wave.
Comparison of aerodynamic data from Gemini flights and AEDC-VKF wind tunnels
J Spacecraft Rockets
Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets ; 4 , n 7
1967
6 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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