Space Shuttle Wind Tunnel Testing Program Summary PDF Download

Development of the space shuttle necessitated an extensive wind tunnel test program, with the cooperation of all the major wind tunnels in the United States. The result was approximately 100,000 hours of space shuttle wind tunnel testing conducted for aerodynamics, heat transfer, and structural dynamics. The test results were converted into Chrysler DATAMAN computer program format to facilitate use by analysts, a very cost effective method of collecting the wind tunnel test results from many test facilities into one centralized location. This report provides final documentation of the space shuttle wind tunnel program. The two-volume set covers evolution of space shuttle aerodynamic configurations and gives wind tunnel test data, titles of wind tunnel data reports, sample data sets, and instructions for accessing the digital data base. Romere, Paul O. and Brown, Steve Wesley Johnson Space Center AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; AERODYNAMIC CONFIGURATIONS; AERODYNAMIC HEAT TRANSFER; SPACE SHUTTLE BOOSTERS; SPACE SHUTTLE ORBITERS; SPACE SHUTTLES; WIND TUNNEL TESTS; AERODYNAMIC LOADS; AEROTHERMODYNAMICS; DATA BASES; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION...