NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) 19950012822: Documentation and archiving of the Space Shuttle wind tunnel test data base. Volume 1: Background and description PDF
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/ / / NASA Technical Memorandum 104806 Vol. 1 Documentation and Archiving of the Space Shuttle Wind Tunnel Test Data Base Volume 1: Background and Description Paul O. Romere Steve Wesley Brown N95-19237 (NASA-TM-IO4806-Vo|-I) DOCUMENTATION AND ARCHIVING OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE WIND TUNNEL TEST DATA Unclas BASE. VOLUME 1: BACKGROUND AND OESCEIPTION (NASA. Johnson Space Center) 19l p G3/1B 0037967 January 1995 NASA TechnicalMemorandum 104806Vol. 1 Documentation and Archiving of the Space Shuttle Wind Tunnel Test Data Base Volume 1: Background and Description Paul O. Romere Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, Texas Steve Wesley Brown Lockheed Engineering and Sciences Co. Houston, Texas January 1995 This publication is available from the NASA Center for AeroSpace Information, 800 Elkridge Landing Road, Linthicum Heights, MD 21090-2934, (301) 621-0390. VOLUME 1 CONTENTS PAGE ABSTRACT V NOMENCLATURE vii INTRODUCTION 1 CONFIGURATION DEVELOPMENT 2 WIND TUNNEL TEST PROGRAM 5 HISTORY OF DATAMAN 13 DATA BASE DESCRIPTION AND USAGE 14 CONCLUDING REMARKS 17 REFERENCES 18 FIGURES Figure 1- Space Shuttle Phase B final configurations. 19 Figure 2 - Orbiter Vehicle dimensions; configuration evolution. 21 Figure 3 - Integrated Vehicle dimensions; configuration evolution. 26 Figure 4 - STS-1 mission configurations. 31 TABLES Table 1. Sample of Data Set/Run Number Collation Summary. 33 Table 2. Phase A/B Space Shuttle Vehicle Wind Tunnel Testing DATAMAN Digital Data Base Files Listing. 34 Table 3. Phase C/D Space Shuttle Vehicle Wind Tunnel Testing DATAMAN Digital Data Base Files Listing. 41 Table 4. Space Shuttle Wind Tunnel Test Program Data Report Documentation for Phase A/B. 61 Table 5. Space Shuttle Wind Tunnel Test Program Data Report Documentation for Phase C/D. 97 iii ABSTRACT The decision to design and develop a new Space Transportation System such that the vehicle would fly as both a spacecraft and an aircraft necessitated an extensive wind tunnel test program and the cooperation of all the major wind tunnels in the United States. The result was the largest such program ever undertaken by this country with approximately 100,000 hours of Space Shuttle wind tunnel testing conducted for aerodynamics, heat transfer, and structural dynamics. In most past programs, wind tunnel test results have often been lost or inadequately documented for future use. The results of the Space Shuttle wind tunnel testing were converted into a Chrysler DATAMAN format to facilitate its use by the analysts. This resulted in a very cost effective method of collecting the wind tunnel test results, from many test facilities utilized, into one centralized location. Chrysler also documented each wind tunnel test as a DATAMAN report. This report addresses the requirement to identify and provide a final documentation of the Space Shuttle wind tunnel program and to archive the available electronic digital data base, as compiled by the Chrysler DATAMAN system. Both the DATAMAN wind tunnel test reports and the associated wind tunnel test digital data base have been permanently archived at the NASA Johnson Space Center. The digital data base has also been distributed to NASA's Ames Research Center, Langley Research Center, and Marshall Space Flight Center, and to Rockwell International, the Space Shuttle prime contractor, to facilitate access to the data base by the analysts. The Space Shuttle wind tunnel test data base was archived using UNIX based work stations and was saved in an ASCII format on an 8 mm cartridge tape. To facilitate the use of the digital data base tape, a user's manual has been developed and is presented as Volume 2 of this report. Example commands for accessing the tape and the format descriptions for the data files are presented. PAGE ImJkNK NOT FN.M_'D V NOMENCLATURE Acronyms A Aerodynamic - test type designator or Ames Research Center - test responsibility designator AADS Ascent Air Data System ABPS Air Breathing Propulsion System ADDB Aerodynamic Design Data Book AEDC Arnold Engineering Development Center AFFrC Air Force Flight Test Center AFRSI Advanced Fibrous Reusable Surface Insulation ALT Approach and Landing Test ARC NASA Ames Research Center ATP Authority To Proceed A.T.P. Authority To Proceed C Carrier - test configuration designator CA Axial force coefficient CAL Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory CAM Carrier Aircraft Modification CANCEL Denotes test or publication was canceled. CASI Center for AeroSpace Information CBL Rolling moment coefficient CDR Critical Design Review CFHT Continuous Flow Hypersonic Tunnel CLM Pitching moment coefficient CN Normal force coefficient CP Pressure coefficient CR Contractor Report CY Side force coefficient CYN Yawing moment coefficient DATAMAN Data Management System (Chrysler Corporation) DFI Development Flight Instrumentation DFRC Dryden Flight Research Center DOD Department of Defense ET External Tank F Marshall Space Flight Center - test responsibility designator or Force file designator FCS Flight Control System FRSI Felt Reusable Surface Insulation (blanket) GAC Grumman Aerospace Corporation GD General Dynamics GD/C General Dynamics/Convair vii PAGE BLANK NOT FILMED GDC General Dynamics/Convair GN&C Guidance, Navigation, and Control H Heating - test type designator href Heat transfer coefficient for one-foot radius sphere h/href Heat transfer coefficient ratio H/O Hydrogen/Oxygen HCR High Cross Range HRSI High (temperature) Reusable Surface Insulation HSWT Hypersonic Supersonic Wind Tunnel HWT Hypersonic Wind Tunnel I Integrated Vehicle - test configuration designator ILRV Integrated Launch Reentry Vehicle IV Integrated Vehicle JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory JSC NASA Johnson Space Center L Langley Research Center - test responsibility designator LaRC NASA Langley Research Center L/D Lift-to-drag ratio LCR Low Cross Range L.E. Leading Edge LeRC Lewis Research Center LMSC Lockheed Missiles and Space Corporation LOX Liquid Oxygen LRSI Low (temperature) Reusable Surface Insulation LTV Ling-Temco-Vought Corporation M Mach or Manned Spacecraft Center - test responsibility designator MAC McDonnell Aircraft Company M.A.C. Mean Aerodynamic Chord MCDAC McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Company MCR Master Change Record MDAC McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company MDC McDonnell Douglas Company MMC Martin Marietta Corporation MSC Manned Spacecraft Center MSFC Marshall Space Flight Center NA Not Applicable NAAL North American Aerodynamic Laboratory NAR North American Rockwell NARC North American Rockwell Corporation NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NR North American Rockwell NR/GD North American Rockwell/General Dynamics NRLAD North American Rockwell Corp., Los Angles Division NSRDC Naval Ship Research and Development Center viii
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