In a recent flight experiment to study hypersonic crossflow transition, boundary layer characteristics were documented. A smooth steel glove was mounted on the first stage delta wing of Orbital Sciences Corporation's Pegasus (R) launch vehicle and was flown at speeds of up to Mach 8 and altitudes of up to 250,000 ft. The wing-glove experiment was flown as a secondary payload off the coast of Florida in October 1998. This paper describes the measurement system developed.
Pegasus(Registered trademark) Wing-Glove Experiment to Document Hypersonic Crossflow Transition: Measurement System and Selected Flight Results
2000
29 pages
Report
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English
Avionics , Aerodynamics , Hypersonic Flow , Measuring Instruments , Cross Flow , Flight Tests , Flight Characteristics , Pegasus Air-Launched Booster , Boundary Layer Transition , Data Acquisition , Fluid Dynamics , Hypersonic Boundary Layer , Hypersonic Speed , Onboard Data Processing , Real Time Operation , Speed Indicators , Wing Planforms , Delta Wings
British Library Conference Proceedings | 2000
|Pegasus Wing-Glove Experiment to Document Crossflow Transition-Development and Current Status
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1998
|Pegasus Wing-Glove Experiment to Document Crossflow Transition - Development and Current Status
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1998
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