Kazuhiko Yamada

Balloon Symposium 2017 (November 9-10, 2017. Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)(ISAS)), Sagamihara, Kanagawa Japan

The aerodynamic force enhancement effect occurs by applying magnetic field around a reentry vehicle in a weekly-ionized flow behind the strong detached shock wave. Recently, this force enhancement effect was experimentally investigated using an expansion tube which can produce high speed and high enthalpy flow. Because aerodynamic force measurement is difficult due to short test flow period in expansion tube, drag measurement system which employed a piezofilm with fast responsiveness was developed in this study. This drag measurement system was calibrated using CO2 pulse laser and applied to experimental investigation on the aerodynamic force enhancement effect in expansion tube. The aerodynamic force acting on simple models in the flow produced by the expansion tube can be measured in this system. Additionally, the increase of the drag force due to magnetization in a weekly-ionized flow was observed.