Wind-Tunnel Results of the B-52B with the X-43A Stack

Autor:	Mark C. Davis, Kevin D. Johnson, Alexander G. Sim, Matthew N. Rhode
Rok vydání:	2007
Předmět:	Engineering business.product_category Booster (rocketry) business.industry Angle of attack Aerospace Engineering Aerodynamics law.invention Airplane Downwash Aileron Space and Planetary Science law Aerospace engineering business Freestream Wind tunnel
Zdroj:	Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. 44:871-877
ISSN:	1533-6794 0022-4650
Popis:	A low-speed wind-tunnel test was performed with a 3%-scale model of a booster rocket mated to an X-43A research vehicle, a combination referred to as the Hyper-X launch vehicle. The test was conducted both in freestream air and in the presence of a partial model of the B-52B airplane. The objectives of the test were to obtain force and moment data to generate structural loads affecting the pylon of the B-52B airplane and to determine the aerodynamic influence of the B-52B on the Hyper-X launch vehicle for evaluating launch separation characteristics. The windtunnel test was conducted at a low-speed wind tunnel in Hampton, Virginia. All moments and forces reported are based either on the aerodynamic influence of the B-52B airplane or are for the Hyper-X launch vehicle in freestream air. Overall, the test showed that the B-52B airplane imparts a strong downwash onto the Hyper-X launch vehicle, reducing the net lift of the Hyper-X launch vehicle. Pitching and rolling moments are also imparted onto the booster and are a strong function of the launch-drop angle of attack.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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