Murthy, Sundara H and Suryanarayana, GK and Lochan, R and Pandian, S and Sivaramakrishnan, AE (1995) Wind tunnel simulation of multibooster separation trajectories of a launch vehicle13;. Journal of spacecraft and Rockets, 32 (3). pp. 561-563. ISSN 0022-4650
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Abstract
Wind tunnel investigations were undertaken to study the separation characteristics of four strap-on boosters simultaneously separating from the core of a launch vehicle. Tests were conducted in the NAL 1.2-m trisonic blowdown wind tunnel at a freestream Mach number of 3.1 and a test Reynolds number of 30.5amp;times. Force data from all the four boosters were obtained for a range of pitch angles between -3 and 3 deg. Data corresponding to the highest value of the pitch angle in flight were utilized for the trajectory computations
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Additional Information: | Copyright for this article belongs to AIAA |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Launching;Trajectories;Wind tunnels;Boosters (rocket); Aerodynamic loads;Simulation KW - Models13; |
| Subjects: | AERONAUTICS > Aerodynamics |
| Division/Department: | National Trisonic Aerodynamic Facility, National Trisonic Aerodynamic Facility, Other, Other, Other |
| Depositing User: | Ms Indrani V |
| Date Deposited: | 31 Mar 2010 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Jun 2010 13:27 |
| URI: | http://nal-ir.nal.res.in/id/eprint/4135 |
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