Some aerothermodynamic design problems of the Space Shuttle attitude control system (ACS) were experimentally studied in a series of tests conducted at Mach number 8, at Reynolds numbers of 1,000,000and 5,000,000, using a flat plate containing interchangeable, flush-mounted nozzle cavities and lateral jet nozzles. The ACS configurations considered in this test program were a single supersonic nozzle and a cluster of four symmetrically located supersonic nozzles. Also, some preliminary results were obtained with nozzles similar to those on the flat plate used to simulate the yaw controls on a 2-percent-scaled nose section of the Convair Aerospace B-9U booster. (Author Modified Abstract)


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    Title :

    NASA-Convair ACS Space Shuttle Study at Mach Number 8.0


    Contributors:
    W. T. Strike (author) / J. T. Best (author)

    Publication date :

    1973


    Size :

    161 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English