New test techniques to evaluate near field effects for supersonic store carriage and separationStore separation and store carriage drag studies were conducted. A primary purpose is to develop new experimental methods to evaluate near field effects of store separation and levels of store carriage drag associated with a variety of carriage techniques for different store shapes and arrangements. Flow field measurements consisting of surface pressure distributions and vapor screen photographs are used to analyze the variations of the store separation characteristics with cavity geometry. Store carriage drag measurements representative of tangent, semi-submerged, and internal carriage installations are presented and discussed. Results are included from both fully metric models and models with only metric segments (metric pallets) and the relative merits of the two are discussed. Carriage drag measurements for store installations on an aircraft parent body are compared both with prediction methods and with installations on a generic parent body.
Document ID
19900000746
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Sawyer, Wallace C. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Stallings, Robert L., Jr. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Wilcox, Floyd J., Jr. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Blair, A. B., Jr. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Monta, William J. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Plentovich, Elizabeth B. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
March 1, 1989
Publication Information
Publication: AGARD, Stability and Control of Tactical Missile Systems