First-stage and second-stage heating environments of the base region of the Space Shuttle are characterized in detail in terms of Orbiter-main-engine-plume and booster-plume radiation, freestream-air convective cooling, and reversed-plume-flow convective heating as they affect each base-region design point. Design predictions are compared with selected heating-rate data from flights STS-1 through STS-5; the flight data are found to show excellent interflight repeatability independent of small changes in trajectory, and to verify the validity of the prediction methodology. The impact of individual flight events on base heating is indicated.


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    Title :

    Space Shuttle base heating


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1983-06-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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