In addition to drag measurements of balloon and payload combination, pressure and temperature distributions around balloon were measured and compared with calculated values; results include some effects of Reynolds number, angle of attack, balloon inflation pressure, tow-cable length, payload shape, and Mach number; pertinence to drogue parachutes and balloon type devices, deployed in recovery systems.
Wind-tunnel investigation of balloon as towed decelerator at Mach numbers from 1.47 to 2.50
NASA -- Tech Note
1961
75 pages
Report
English
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