24th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 29 August-3, September 2004, Yokohama, Japan
Paper ICAS 2004-3.8.3

AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF A RETROROCKET WITH A CYLINDRICAL BODY IN SUPERSONIC FREE STREAMS

K. Tatsumi, F. Hiroshima
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Kamakura Works, Kanagawa, Japan

Keywords: aerodynamics, supersonic wind tunnel test, opposing jet

Measurements of axial force that a retrorocket receives together with optical observation of the flow field are made for various values of the total pressure ratio. The results indicate that the abrupt changes of axial force are caused by the changes of the opposing jet flow structure.

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