Calculation of Laminar Heat Transfer to the Windward Surfaces of Straight Wing Shuttle Vehicles at High Angle of Attack and with Yaw

摘要

Calculations of laminar heat transfer to windward wing and body surfaces of a straight wing MSC orbiter have been made at high angles of attack and with yaw. The predictions of heat transfer made by swept cylinder theory generally agree with measurements in areas free of external flow interference. An optimum elliptic cross section was then determined using swept cylinder theory for an aerodynamically heated windward body surface in radiation equilibrium. (Author)