Accession Number:

AD0255764

Title:

DAMPING MEASUREMENTS WITH A STING-SUPPORTED BEARING-PIVOT DYNAMIC BALANCE

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARNOLD ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT CENTER ARNOLD AIR FORCE STATION TENN

Personal Author(s):

• WELSH,C.J.
• WARD,L.K.
• URBAN,R.H.

Report Date:

1961-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

1.0

Abstract:

Results of damping-in-pitch tests of a flaredafterbody re-entry shape are presented. Measurements using a sting-supported bearing-pivot system were made at free-stream Mach number equals 8 and over an amplitude range up to about 11 deg. Author

Descriptors:

• *ATMOSPHERE ENTRY
• *CONICAL BODIES
• *DAMPING
• AERODYNAMIC CONFIGURATIONS
• CYLINDRICAL BODIES
• DYNAMICS
• HYPERSONIC CHARACTERISTICS
• HYPERSONIC WIND TUNNELS
• HYPERSONIC VEHICLES
• MEASUREMENT
• MODEL TESTS
• PITCH(MATERIAL)
• PITCH(MOTION)
• STABILITY
• TEST EQUIPMENT

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE