Clipper“快船”概念气动特性初探

设计新型高效低廉的运输工具,把有效载荷送入近地轨道是人们不断追求的目标.已成功实现载人天地往返的运输工具包括研制周期长、造价昂贵的可重复使用航天飞机和结构简单、一次性使用的载人飞船两类.为进一步降低发射成本,设计介于航天飞船和航天飞机之间的新型飞行器,集飞船和航天飞机特点于一体的升力再入飞船返回舱也许更为切实可行.俄罗斯联邦空问局提出的可多次使用"快船"概念值得关注,其升阻比高、机动性强、稳定性好、过载低、空间大、成本低,而且可以部分重复使用,代表了未来低成本天地往返运输系统的重要发展方向.

Aerodynamics analysis for clipper reentry capsule

The design of effective and cheap space-to-earth transporters is an extremely serious task.Up to date,two types of manned reentry vehicle are costly Space Shuttle and one-off Command Capsule.Clipper,a brand-new partially reusable lifting-body manned reentry capsule proposed by Russian Federal Space Agency,combines both the advantages of space shuttle and reentry capsule,and seems to be more reasonable and feasible at present.Aerodynamic characteristics,fight trajectory and thermal environment are investigat...