Abstract
A vertical take-off and vertical landing rocket is one of the future space transportation vehicle expected as fully reusable system. In the landing phase of vertical lander, the vehicle is decelerated by the main engine thrust and lands softly to the ground site. Then its aerodynamic characteristics are affected by the interaction between the engine plume and the subsonic free-stream against the vehicle. In order to investigate the influence of such interaction, wind tunnel tests were conducted. The aerodynamic forces and surface pressure were measured by using scale model of the Reusable Vehicle Testing (RVT) which is a small vehicle built for flight tests in ISAS/JAXA. Flowfield around the vehicle model was visualized by using Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) method. As a result, the drag force and pitching moment acting the vehicle were affected by the change of pressure distribution due to the jet/free-stream interaction.
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