NASA-Langley has wind tunnel-tested an aeroelastically-scaled (1/10th-scale) Atlas-Centaur I Large Payload Fairing launch-vehicle model capable of simulating either of the first two bending vibration modes of the full-scale vehicle, on the basis of a partial-mode technique. While the primary emphasis was on the vehicle's buffet response, angle-of-attack studies were conducted for several payload fairing configurations with a view to both the buffet response and the dynamic stability of off-design conditions. No dynamic instabilities were discovered among the range of configurations, and payload fairing L/D variations were found to have only small buffet effects except for the smallest such value, in the second bending mode configuration.


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    Title :

    Dynamic response of a hammerhead launch vehicle wind-tunnel model


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference ; 1991 ; Baltimore, MD, United States


    Publication date :

    1991-01-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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