Accession Number:

ADA070443

Title:

Space Shuttle External Tank Instrumentation Evaluation.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.,

Corporate Author:

ARNOLD ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT CENTER ARNOLD AFS TN

Personal Author(s):

• Stallings,D. W.

Report Date:

1979-02-01

Pagination or Media Count:

33.0

Abstract:

Data were obtained on the performance of space shuttle flight instrumentation under simulated flight conditions. These conditions included ablating insulation material. The tests were conducted at a free-stream Mach number of 10 and tunnel stilling chamber conditions of 1800 psia and 1900 R. Author

Descriptors:

• *SPACE SHUTTLES
• *EXTERNAL STORES
• *INSTRUMENTATION
• HEAT TRANSFER
• PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS
• FLOW FIELDS
• AERODYNAMIC LOADING
• WIND TUNNEL TESTS
• FLIGHT SIMULATION
• AERODYNAMIC HEATING
• MICROPHONES
• PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION
• HYPERSONIC FLOW
• ABLATIVE MATERIALS
• THERMAL INSULATION
• CALORIMETERS

Subject Categories:

• Thermodynamics
• Unmanned Spacecraft
• Spacecraft Trajectories and Reentry

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE