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Aerodynamics of re-entry vehicles at real values of Reynolds numbers

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Results of an experimental study of aerodynamic characteristics of models of two hypersonic re-entry vehicles (ARES-H aerospace demonstrator proposed by EADS-ST and EXPERT re-entry capsule proposed by ESA ESTEC) are presented. The experiments were performed in a new wind tunnel AT-303 at ITAM SB RAS in the range of free-stream Mach numbers M = 10–18 at real values of Reynolds numbers. The test results and specific features of wind-tunnel tests in conical nozzles are discussed.

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Abbreviations

AGARD:

Advisory Group for Aerospace Research & Development (NATO)

EXPERT:

European EXPErimental Re-entry Testbed

EADS-ST:

European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company-Space Transportation

ESA:

European Space Agency

ESTEC:

European Space Research and Technology Center

LIH:

Lavrentyev Institute of Hydrodynamics

DTD LIH:

Design and Technology Department of LIH

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  1. Khristianovich Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia

    N. P. Adamov, M. D. Brodetsky, L. G. Vasenev, V. I. Zvegintsev, I. I. Mazhul & A. M. Kharitonov

  2. European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company — Space Transportation (EADS-ST), Les Mureaux, France

    J. -C. Paulat

  3. European Space Research and Technology Center (ESTEC), Noordwijk, The Netherlands

    J. Muylaert & W. Kordulla

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Adamov, N.P., Brodetsky, M.D., Vasenev, L.G. et al. Aerodynamics of re-entry vehicles at real values of Reynolds numbers. Thermophys. Aeromech. 13, 317–326 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0869864306030012

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