Advanced hypersonic test facilities / edited by Frank Lu, Dan Marren.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lu, Frank K.

Marren, Dan E.

Series:

Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; v. 198.

Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; v. 198

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aerodynamics, Hypersonic.

Wind tunnels--Ground simulators--Testing.

Wind tunnels.

Ballistic ranges.

Rocket sleds.

Weapons--Testing systems.

Weapons.

Wind tunnels--Ground simulators.

Testing.

Physical Description:

xx, 639 pages : illustrations (some color), [24] leaves of plates ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Reston, Va. : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, [2002]

Contents:

Chapter 1 Hypersonic Ground Test Requirements / Dennis M. Bushnell 1

II. History, Status, and Outlook for Hypersonic Test Requirements 2

III. Potential Civilian Hypersonic Test Requirements Futures 4

IV. Military Hypersonic Test Requirements Futures 11

Chapter 2 Principles of Hypersonic Test Facility Development / Frank K. Lu, Dan E. Marren 17

II. Critical Hypersonic Technologies 18

III. Hypersonic Scaling 20

IV. High Enthalpy and High Speed 21

V. Types of Hypersonic Facilities 24

Chapter 3 NASA's HYPULSE Facility at GASL

A Dual Mode, Dual Driver Reflected-Shock/Expansion Tunnel / R. S. M. Chue, C.-Y. Tsai, R. J. Bakos, J. I. Erdos, R. C. Rogers 29

II. Shock Tunnels and Expansion Tubes 32

III. Driver Methods 36

IV. Operation and Performance of HYPULSE 42

V. Driver Gas Contamination in Detonation-Driven RST Mode 51

VI. Nozzle Design for Expansion Tunnel Mode Operation 61

Chapter 4 LENS Hypervelocity Tunnels and Application to Vehicle Testing at Duplicated Flight Conditions / M. S. Holden, R. A. Parker 73

II. Ground Test Simulation of Hypersonic Flight Performance 74

III. Design, Operation, and Performance of the LENS I and LENS II Hypervelocity Ground Test Facilities 80

IV. Facility Validation 86

V. Application of Test Facility and Instrumentation to Hypersonic Vehicle Testing 90

VI. Measurements of Jet Interaction Resulting from Divert Thruster Operation 100

VII. Studies of Scramjet Performance 104

Chapter 5 The U-12 Large Shock Tube / V. I. Lapygin, I. V. Ershov, S. S. Semenov, E. I. Ruzavin 111

II. Description of the U-12 Shock Tube 112

III. Operation Regimes 114

IV. Aerodynamic Investigations 118

V. Measurements of Forces and Moments on Flight Vehicle Models 123

VI. Investigation of Nonequilibrium Processes Behind Shockwave Front in Earth and Planetary Atmospheres 124

VII. Radio-Physical Investigations at U-12 Facility 128

VIII. Ballistic Regime of U-12 Shock Tube Operation 130

Chapter 6 Detonation-Driven Shock Tubes and Tunnels / Herbert Olivier, Jiang Zonglin, Hongru R. Yu, Frank K. Lu 135

II. Gasdynamic Fundamentals of the Detonation Process 137

III. Operating Principle Detonation Drivers 141

IV. The Detonation-Driven Shock Tunnel TH2-D 144

V. The JF-10 Detonation-Driven, High-Enthalpy Shock Tunnel 162

VI. The UTA High-Performance Shock Tube 182

VII. Performance of Detonation-Driven Facilities 195

Chapter 7 Aerothermodynamics Research in the DLR High Enthalpy Shock Tunnel HEG / Klaus Hannemann, Walter H. Beck 205

II. The HEG Facility 207

III. Measurement Techniques 209

IV. The Numerical Solver CEVCATS-N 211

V. Nozzle Flow and Freestream 213

VI. Flow Past a Circular Cylinder 219

VII. Delay of Driver Gas Contamination 224

VIII. Current Work 229

Chapter 8 Characteristics of the HIEST and its Applicability for Hypersonic Aerothermodynamic and Scramjet Research / Katsuhiro Itoh 239

II. Description, General Performance, and Limitations of the HIEST 240

III. HOPE Aerodynamic Test 246

IV. Surface Catalytic Effect on Heat Flux 247

V. Scramjet 249

Chapter 9 Piston Gasdynamic Units with Multicascade Compression / Vitaly V. Kislykh 255

II. The Multicascade Compression PGU Complex 261

III. The Multicascade Compression Method 263

IV. Methods for Simulating the Main External Hypersonic Flow 266

V. Simulation of Engine Jets Effect on Aft Elements of Launchers for Space Transportation System 269

VI. Supersonic Combustion Tests in the PGU 271

Chapter 10 Arc-Heated Facilities / D. M. Smith, E. J. Felderman, F. L. Shope, J. A. Balboni 279

II. Arc Heaters and Hypersonic Testing 280

III. DoD and NASA Arc Facility Overview 290

IV. Arc Heater Technology Topics Update 298

Chapter 11 The SCIROCCO 70-MW Plasma Wind Tunnel: A New Hypersonic Capability / G. Russo, F. De Filippis, S. Borrelli, M. Marini, S. Caristia 315

II. The Facility 317

III. The Hypersonic Challenge: Future and Potential Applications 325

IV. SCIROCCO Evolution 344

Chapter 12 Aerodynamic and Propulsion Test Unit / S. J. Rigney, G. D. Garrard 353

II. General Hypersonic Aeropropulsion System Testing Future Requirements 355

III. APTU Description 357

IV. Planned Mid- and Far-Term Incremental APTU Test Capability Upgrades 362

V. APTU Technology Topics Update 363

Chapter 13 Arc-Heated Facilities as a Tool to Study Aerothermodynamic Problems of Reentry Vehicles / Ali Gulhan, Burkard Esser 375

II. Experimental Facility and Measurement Techniques 377

III. Flow Characterization 381

IV. Experiments on Local Aerothermodynamics 384

V. Characterization and Qualification of TPS Components 390

VI. Qualification of Flight Sensors at Reentry Conditions 394

Chapter 14 The NASA Langley Research Center 8-ft High Temperature Tunnel / Jeffrey S. Hodge, Stephen F. Harvin 405

II. Facility Description 407

III. Test Capabilities 418

IV. Operations 422

Chapter 15 NASA Glenn Research Center's Hypersonic Tunnel Facility / Mark R. Woike, Brian P. Willis 427

II. Facility History 428

III. Facility Description 429

IV. Typical Facility Operation 437

V. Unique Value and Testing Capability 438

Chapter 16 The ONERA F4 High-Enthalpy Wind Tunnel / A. Masson, Ph. Sagnier, A. K. Mohamed 441

II. Principle and Description of F4 Facility 443

III. Adjustment and Calibration 449

IV. Typical Model Tests 459

V. Conclusion and Future Prospects 465

Chapter 17 The AEDC Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9 / Dan Marren, John Lafferty 467

II. Tunnel 9 Facility Description 468

Chapter 18 A Hypersonic Ground-Test Facility Using Magnetic Levitation and Electromagnetic Propulsion / Neil Bosmajian 479

IV. Facility Concept 484

V. System Requirements 486

VI. Test Techniques 488

VII. Issues 492

VIII. Leveraging Technology Programs 493

IX. Future Efforts 494

Chapter 19 Hypersonic Test Capabilities at the Holloman High-Speed Test Track / David W. Minto, Neil Bosmajian 499

II. HHSTT Hypersonic Upgrade Program 502

III. HHSTT Hypersonic Capabilities 505

IV. MagLev Test Track Development 510

Chapter 20 Increased Launching Capabilities at AEDC's Range/Track G / Larry Campbell, Sr. 531

II. Development of the 8-in. Launcher 532

III. Development of the 4-in. Launcher 538

IV. Technology Overview for 10 km/s 542

Chapter 21 A New Mach 8-15 True Temperature Test Facility Concept / J. T. Best 555

II. RDHWT/MARIAH II Program 558

III. Assessment of Test Needs 558

IV. RDHWT/MARIAH II Facility Concept Development Program Overview 563

Chapter 22 New-Generation Hypersonic Adiabatic Compression Facilities with Pressure Multipliers / A. M. Kharitonov, V. I. Zvegintsev, V. M. Fomin, M. E. Topchian, A. A. Meshcheriakov, V. I. Pinakov 585

II. Simulation of Hypersonic Flows in Existing Wind Tunnels 587

III. Advantages of Using High Pressures 594

IV. Our Concept 595

V. Hypersonic Gasdynamic Facility of Adiabatic Compression A-1 597

VI. Choice of the Layout, Construction, and Operation of the Stage of Preliminary Compression 597

VII. Operation Principle of A-1 600

VIII. High-Pressure Unit 601

IX. Test Results and Use 605

X. Adiabatic Compression Hypersonic Wind Tunnel AT-303 607

XI. Control of the System and Measurement Equipment of AT-303 609

XII. Range of Parameters 609

XIII. Non-Uniformity of the Velocity Field in the Region of Model Location 613.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1563475413

OCLC:

51253716