Store Separation Testing Techniques At The Arnold Engineering Development Center Volume 2 Description Of Captive Trajectory Store Separation Testing In The Aerodynamic Wind Tunnel 4t

Store Separation Testing Techniques at the Arnold Engineering Development Center

This report describes the current captive trajectory support (CTS) hardware, system operation, and the captive trajectory applications program for the Aerodynamic Wind Tunnel (4T). Also included are brief descriptions of additional CTS applications and some guidelines for potential users of the system.

Store Separation Testing Techniques at the Arnold Engineering Development Center

Tests were conducted on a four-finned, ogive-cylinder store model which was mounted on the von Karman Gas Dynamics Facility (VKF) Captive Trajectory System (CTS) in the Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) Supersonic Wind Tunnel A. The purpose of these tests was to provide information necessary for an independent check on the VKF CTS trajectory mode results. Grid and trajectory data were obtained for the store, both in the free stream and in the interference flow field of a generalized parent-aircraft model. The Mach number was 1.63, with Reynolds numbers per foot of 5.0 and 3.8 million. Grid data from these tests were used in conjunction with the Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory (AFFDL) Six-Degree-of-Freedom Computer Program (SDFCP) to simulate the trajectories obtained by the VKF CTS. These SDFCP simulations compared favorably with the CTS trajectories, providing an important compared favorably with the CTS trajectories, providing an important independent verification of the VKF CTS trajectory mode results. This report documents this validation effort and provides a general description of the VKF CTS as well as guidelines for potential users of this system. (Author).

Captive Trajectory System for AEDC Supersonic Wind Tunnel (A) and Hypersonic Wind Tunnels (B) and (C)