X-33 (Rev-F) Aeroheating Results of Test 6770 in NASA Langley 20-Inch Mach 6 Air Tunnel

Download or read book X-33 (Rev-F) Aeroheating Results of Test 6770 in NASA Langley 20-Inch Mach 6 Air Tunnel written by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-12 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aeroheating characteristics of the X-33 Rev-F configuration have been experimentally examined in the Langley 20-Inch Mach 6 Air Tunnel (Test 6770). Global surface heat transfer distributions, surface streamline patterns, and shock shapes were measured on a 0.013-scale model at Mach 6 in air. Parametric variations include angles-of-attack of 20-deg, 30-deg, and 40-deg; Reynolds numbers based on model length of 0.9 to 4.9 million; and body-flap deflections of 10-deg and 20-deg. The effects of discrete roughness elements on boundary layer transition, which included trip height, size, and location, both on and off the windward centerline, were investigated. This document is intended to serve as a quick release of preliminary data to the X-33 program; analysis is limited to observations of the experimental trends in order to expedite dissemination.Berry, Scott A. and Horvath, Thomas J. and Kowalkowski, Matthew K. and Liechty, Derek S.Langley Research CenterX-33 REUSABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE; AERODYNAMIC HEATING; AERODYNAMIC CONFIGURATIONS; WIND TUNNEL TESTS; HYPERSONIC SPEED; HEAT TRANSFER; BOUNDARY LAYER TRANSITION; AEROTHERMODYNAMICS; WIND TUNNEL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; FLAPPING; THERMOGRAPHY; SCALE MODELS; SPACECRAFT MODELS