Sundaramurthy, H and Suryanarayana, GK (1987) Wind tunnel simulation of PSLV strap-on booster separation trajectories. Project Report. National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore.
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Abstract
This report presents a description of wind tunnel tests conducted on a 1/40 scale model of PSLV to determine the trajectories of the four strap-on boosters separating from the core. The tests were conducted at a Mach number of 3.1, employing a specially built test rig and the separation trajectories were determined using the Semi-Captive Trajectory Technique. For the two Critical Values of wind vector roll orientations of 20° and 50° and for both the nominal and off-nominal cases considered in the present tests, separation of all the four boosters was found to be clean without any collision.
| Item Type: | Proj.Doc/Technical Report (Project Report) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Separation trajectory;Booster separation;Launch vehicle |
| Subjects: | AERONAUTICS > Aerodynamics |
| Division/Department: | Aerodynamics, Aerodynamics |
| Depositing User: | Smt Bhagya Rekha KA |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Aug 2012 12:06 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Aug 2012 12:06 |
| URI: | http://nal-ir.nal.res.in/id/eprint/10819 |
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