A four month feasibility study of a hypersonic real-gas free flight test facility for NASA Langley Research Center (LARC) was performed. The feasibility of using a high-energy electromagnetic launcher (EML) to accelerate complex models (lifting and nonlifting) in the hypersonic, real-gas facility was examined. Issues addressed include: design and performance of the accelerator; design and performance of the power supply; design and operation of the sabot and payload during acceleration and separation; effects of high current, magnetic fields, temperature, and stress on the sabot and payload; and survivability of payload instrumentation during acceleration, flight, and soft catch.


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    Title :

    Feasibility Study of a Hypersonic Real-Gas Facility


    Contributors:
    J. H. Gully (author) / M. D. Driga (author) / W. F. Weldon (author)

    Publication date :

    1987


    Size :

    154 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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