Heat-transfer and Flow-field Tests of the North American Rockwell/ General Dynamics Convair Space Shuttle Configurations
Heat-transfer and Flow-field Tests of the North American Rockwell/ General Dynamics Convair Space Shuttle Configurations

Author: W. R. Martindale

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Published: 1973

Total Pages: 100

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Aerothermodynamic tests of Phase B space shuttle configurations proposed by North American Rockwell/General Dynamics Convair were conducted at Mach number 8. Test conditions provided both Mach number and Reynolds number simulation for typical ascent and reentry trajectories. This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the major test results and also presents data comparisons with theoretical calculations. Specific areas covered are: ascent heating and shock interference, booster reentry heating and flow fields, and orbiter reentry including leeside heating, windward shock angles and flow fields, windward surface heating, and boundary-layer transition.

Heat-transfer and Flow-field Tests of the McDonnell Douglas-Martin Marietta Space Shuttle Configurations
Heat-transfer and Flow-field Tests of the McDonnell Douglas-Martin Marietta Space Shuttle Configurations

Author: Richard K. Matthews

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Published: 1973

Total Pages: 112

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Aerothermodynamic tests of Phase B space shuttle configurations proposed by McDonnell Douglas--Martin Marietta were conducted at Mach numbers 8 and 10.5. Test conditions provided both Mach number and Reynolds number simulation for typical ascent and reentry trajectories. This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the major test results and also presents data comparisons with theoretical calculations. Specific areas covered are ascent heating and shock interference, booster reentry heating and flow fields, and orbiter reentry analysis which includes leeside heating, windward shock angles and flow fields, windward surface heating, and boundary-layer transition.

A Survey of Transition Research at AEDC
A Survey of Transition Research at AEDC

Author: Jack D. Whitfield

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Published: 1977

Total Pages: 64

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This report presents a survey of experimental research on transition Reynolds numbers conducted in a large number of ground test facilities. Facilities surveyed included primary wind tunnels used for aerodynamic testing at subsonic, transonic, supersonic, and hypersonic conditions. Measurements have been made on cones and planar bodies, flat plates and hollow cylinders. This report traces the work using cones, which has been more extensive. The primary motivation for this research spanning nearly 20 years has been to verify the adequacy of the facilities to simulate flight conditions. This necessarily entailed the study of free-stream disturbances in wind tunnels and the role these disturbances play in altering transition Reynolds number which must be considered when scaling Reynolds-number-sensitive data. Results presented include current experimental efforts as recent as September 1976. In addition to the cited references, a bibliography of relevant publications from AEDC has been included.