Citation:
Roussel A, Prince SA, Viguer M, et al., (2016) The development of a simple method for drag estimation for wedge-like fairings in hypersonic flow. Proceedings of 30th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 25-30 September 2016, Daejeon, Korea
Abstract:
The addition of wedge-like fairings onto the side of missiles and space launch vehicles, to shield devices such as cameras or reaction jet nozzles, creates additional drag, particularly when in supersonic/hypersonic flow. An experimental and computational study was performed to obtain data on wedge configurations and develop simple theories for the drag due to these types of fairings.
