Hypersonic Aerodynamic Characteristics of an All-body Research Aircraft Configuration

Hypersonic Aerodynamic Characteristics of an All-body Research Aircraft Configuration
Author: Louis E. Clark
Publisher:
Total Pages: 52
Release: 1973
Genre: Aerodynamics, Hypersonic
ISBN:

An experimental investigation was conducted at Mach 6 to determine the hypersonic aerodynamic characteristics of an all-body, delta-planform, hypersonic research aircraft (HYFAC configuration). The aerodynamic characteristics were obtained at Reynolds numbers based on model length of 2.84 million and 10.5 million and over an angle-of-attack range from minus 4 deg to 20 deg. The experimental results show that the HYFAC configuration is longitudinally stable and can be trimmed over the range of test conditions. The configuration had a small degree of directional stability over the angle-of-attack range and positive effective dihedral at angles of attack greater than 2 deg. Addition of canards caused a decrease in longitudinal stability and an increase in directional stability. Oil-flow studies revealed extensive areas of separated and vortex flow on the fuselage lee surface. A limited comparison of wind-tunnel data with several hypersonic approximations indicated that, except for the directional stability, the tangent-cone method gave adequate agreement at control settings between 5 deg and minus 5 deg and positive lift coefficient. A limited comparison indicated that the HYFAC configuration had greater longitudinal stability than an elliptical-cross-section configuration, but a lower maximum lift-drag ratio.

NASA Scientific and Technical Reports

NASA Scientific and Technical Reports
Author: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Scientific and Technical Information Division
Publisher:
Total Pages: 2300
Release: 1967
Genre: Aeronautics
ISBN: