Wing Leading Edge Heating and Pressure Probing, Body Flap Heating, and Vapor Screen Tests on the Space Shuttle Orbiter Configuration at Mach 8 and 10

摘要

Tests were performed on scale models of the Space Shuttle Orbiter at angles of attack from 25 to 40 degrees at Mach 8 and 10. Thin-film instrumentation and testing techniques were used to provide aero-heating measurements on the wing leading edge. Standard techniques were adapted to obtain body flap heating measurements over a range of flap angles (0-20 deg) using a continuous sweep testing mode for various boundary layer transition locations. Pitot pressure probing was conducted in the vicinity of the wing leading edge and vapor screen photographs were obtained at various stations along the entire length of the orbiter body. Only sample tabulations of the test results are included in this documentary report. (Author)