A 3.5-year effort to characterize the aerodynamic behavior of the Ares I-X Flight Test Vehicle (AIX FTV) is described in this paper. The AIX FTV was designed to be representative of the Ares I Crew Launch Vehicle (CLV). While there are several differences in the outer mold line from the current revision of the CLV, the overall length, mass distribution, and flight systems of the two vehicles are very similar. This paper briefly touches on each of the aerodynamic databases developed in the program, describing the methodology employed, experimental and computational contributions to the generation of the databases, and how well the databases and underlying computations compare to actual flight test results.
Generation of the Ares I-X Flight Test Vehicle Aerodynamic Data Book and Comparison To Flight
49th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting ; 2011 ; Orlando, FL, United States
2011-01-04
Conference paper
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English
GENERATION OF THE ARES I-X FLIGHT TEST VEHICLE AERODYNAMIC DATA BOOK AND COMPARISON TO FLIGHT
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