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Liftoff and Transition Aerodynamics of the Ares I (A106) Launch Vehicle

Author(s) -

F. J. Capone,

John W. Paulson,

Gary E. Erickson

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

50th aiaa aerospace sciences meeting including the new horizons forum and aerospace exposition

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Conference proceedings

DOI - 10.2514/6.2011-997

Subject(s) - aerodynamics , aerospace engineering , tower , mach number , angle of attack , wind tunnel , azimuth , aeronautics , engineering , structural engineering , physics , astronomy

An investigation has been conducted in the NASA Langley Research Center 14by 22Foot Subsonic Wind Tunnel to obtain the liftoff and transition aerodynamics of the Ares I (A106) Crew Launch Vehicle. Data were obtained in free-air at angles of attack from –10° to 90° at various roll angles and at roll angles of 0° to 360° at various angles of attack. In addition, tower effects were assessed by testing with and without a mobile launcher/tower at all wind azimuth angles and at various model heights to simulate the rise of the vehicle as it clears the tower on launch. The free-air data will be used for low speed high angle of attack flight simulation and as a bridge to the low angle of attack ascent database (0.5 < Mach < 5.0) being developed with data from the Langley Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel and Boeing Polysonic Wind Tunnel. The Ares I Database Development Team will add incremental tower effects data to the free-air data to develop the database for tower clearance.

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