Abstract
In order to control a reentry trajectory of a vertical landing rocket, an opposing jet system is experimentally tested at supersonic speeds. Experiments are conducted at Mach number 4.0 in the supersonic wind tunnel of ISAS. Supersonic nozzles of the exit Mach number 2.4 are installed on a blunt nose of a rocket model. The most significant drag reduction due to the jet-spike effect is obtained when the jet is injected from the stagnation point of the body in the opposite direction to the freestream. Various types of the nozzle arrangement are investigated and the method to increase the L/D is discussed. It is found that the off-axis jet is effective both to increase the L/D and to enable a vehicle to be trimmed at an intended attack angle.
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