Publication Date:
2011-08-24
Description:
In support of the NASA Balloon Program, small-scale balloons were flown with varying lifting gas and total system mass. Instrument packages were developed to measure and record acceleration and temperature data during these tests. Top fitting and instrument payload accelerations were measured from launch to steady state ascent and through ballast drop transients. The development of the small lightweight self-powered Stowaway Special instrument packages is discussed along with mathematical models developed to determine gas mass, drag and virtual mass coefficients.
Keywords:
AERODYNAMICS
Type:
Advances in Space Research (ISSN 0273-1177); 13; 2; p. 55-57.
Format:
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