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.


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    Title :

    Subsonic Wake Characterization of the Orion Capsule Using PIV in the Ames UPWT 11-foot Wind Tunnel (Invited)


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    AIAA Aerodynamic Measurement Technology and Ground Testing Conference ; 2015 ; Dallas, TX, United States


    Publication date :

    2015-06-22


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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