The subsonic regime of Crew Capsule reentry has a very turbulent waker through which the Drogue Chutes must deploy. This presentation describes the particle image velocimetry measurement campaign used to help retire the risk.
Subsonic Wake Characterization of the Orion Capsule Using PIV in the Ames UPWT 11-foot Wind Tunnel (Invited)
AIAA Aerodynamic Measurement Technology and Ground Testing Conference ; 2015 ; Dallas, TX, United States
2015-06-22
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|Rocket Plume Scaling for Orion Wind Tunnel Testing (Invited)
British Library Conference Proceedings | 2011
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