VOLUME 3 OF 3 RESULTS OF AN EXTERNAL TANK SEPARATION TEST IN THE AEDC/VKF TUNNEL B ON AN 0.010-SCALE REPLICA OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE VEHICLE MODEL 52-OT (IA17A)

摘要

Tests were conducted in the AEDC/VKF Tunnel B on an 0.010-scale model of the Space Shuttle Orbiter and External Tank to determine the aerodyna¬mic interactions during a "Return to Launch Site" (RTLS) abort separation. The Orbiter model was built to vehicle 3 configuration lines (139B) and the ET model approximated the vehicle 5 configurations with protuberances and attach hardware.nFor these investigations the Orbiter was mounted on the primary sup¬port system and the external tank was mounted on the Captive Trajectory System. Six-component data were obtained for each vehicle at various Orbiter angles of attack and sideslip for a range of relative angular and linear displacements of the ET from the Orbiter.