The National Aero-Space Plane (NASP), or X-30, is a single-stage-to-orbit vehicle that is designed to takeoff and land on conventional runways. Research in aeroelasticity was conducted by the NASA and the Wright Laboratory to support the design of a light vehicle by the national contractor team. This research includes the development of new computational codes for predicting unsteady aerodynamic pressures. In addition, studies were conducted to determine the aerodynamic heating effects on vehicle aeroelasticity and to determine the effects of fuselage flexibility on the stability of the control systems. It also includes the testing of scale models to better understand the aeroelastic behavior of the X-30 and to obtain data for code validation and correlation. This paper presents an overview of the aeroelastic research which has been conducted to support the airframe design.


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    Title :

    An overview of aeroelasticity studies for the national aero-space plane


    Additional title:

    Ein Überblick der aeroelastischen Untersuchungen für das nationale Raumflugzeug der NASA


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    1993


    Size :

    11 Seiten, 26 Bilder, 27 Quellen


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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