TERMINAL AREA ENERGY MANAGEMENT REGIME INVESTIGATIONS UTILIZING A 0.030-SCALE MODEL (47-0) OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE VEHICLEnORBITER CONFIGURATION 140A/B/C/R IN THE AMES RESEARCH CENTER 11 X 11 FOOT TRANSONIC WIND TUNNEL (0A148)

摘要

This report document data obtained in wind tunnel test DA148.nThe objectives of the test series were to:n1)obtain pressure distributions, forces and moments over the vehicle 5 Orbiter in the terminal are energy management (TAEN) AND approach phases of flight.n2) obtain elevon and rudder hinge moments in the TAEM and approach phases of flight.n3) obtain body flap and elevon loads for verification of loadsnbalancing with integrated pressure distributions.n4) obtain pressure distributions near the short OMS pods in the high subsonic, transonic and low supersonic Mach number regimes.nTesting was conducted over a Mach number range from 0.6 to 1.4 with Reynolds number variations from 4.57 x 10 6 to 2.74 x 10 6 per foot. Model angle-of-attack was varied from -4 to 16 degrees and angles of side slip ranged from -8 to 8 degrees.