Hypersonic Pitching-Moment Shift for Stardust Reentry Capsule Forebody

By: Nasa, National Aeronautics and Space Adm

Aerodynamic coefficients are presented for perfect-gas and equilibrium-air solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations about the Stardust reentry-capsule forebody at Mach numbers of 4.6, 7, 8.5, and 10. A comparison with Newtonian-flow assumptions indicates a divergence of the aerodynamic coefficients from Newtonian-flow for Mach numbers less than 10. The static stability of the forebody is reduced by a factor of 2.5 with decreasing freestream Mach number between Mach 10 and 7. Wood, William A. Langley Research Center RTOP 242-80-01-01...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1729024726
• ISBN13: 9781729024720
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 26 Pages
• Weight: 0.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"