Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports

Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports
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Total Pages: 1028
Release: 1994
Genre: Aeronautics
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Effects of Reynolds Number and Body Corner Radius on Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Space Shuttle-type Vehicle at Subsonic Mach Numbers

Effects of Reynolds Number and Body Corner Radius on Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Space Shuttle-type Vehicle at Subsonic Mach Numbers
Author: Leland Howard Jorgenson
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Total Pages: 44
Release: 1972
Genre: Aerodynamics
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Static aerodynamic forces and moments were measured to study the effects of Reynolds number and body corner radius on the aerodynamic characteristics of a straight wing space shuttle orbiter at subsonic speeds. A 0.02-scale model was tested at Mach numbers from 0.3 to 0.9 and Reynolds numbers from about 600,000 to 3 million, based on body width. The body alone and the body with its wing and horizontal tail attached were tested at angles of attack from 35 to 75 degrees. The effects of rounding the body corners at the junctures connecting the bottom and sides were investigated for corner radii from 0 to 8.5 percent of the body width. At low subsonic Mach numbers (free stream Mach number approximately equal 0.3) the aerodynamic characteristics are affected significantly by changes in Reynolds number and body corner radius. With increase in Mach number to free stream Mach number = 0.9 the effect of Reynolds number seems to vanish, but a significant effect of body corner radius remains.