Peculiarities of flow and heat transfer in the base region of generic model of martian descent vehicle

Abstract

Some results concerning experimental and numerical investigations of Generic model of Martian descent vehicle (TC3 con¦guration) are presented. These investigations include determination of heat §ux and pressure on the all model surfaces at di¨erent angles of attack. Experiments were carried out in TsAGI£s wind tunnels UT-1 in air and in IT-2 in carbon dioxide. With the help of total pressure measurements, §ow in the model base region has been diagnosed at laminar and turbulent cases. The study is focused on heating of the base surface.