wind tunnel test, data base, data base construction, data base design, data base storage format, aerodynamic characteristics data, aerodynamic design tool, HOPE, H-2 rocket orbiting plane, spaceplane design data base, spaceplane aerodynamic data, reentry body aerodynamics, data base utilization
The cooperative research work on the development of HOPE (H-2 Rocket Orbiting Plane) has been conducted by the National Aerospace Laboratory (NAL) and the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) since 1987. As a part of this research, wind tunnel tests were conducted to analyze the aerodynamic characteristics of several candidate shapes of the orbiter. All data obtained in the tests were recorded as the 'HOPE Wind Tunnel Data Base' in the NAL data base system. This report describes the contents of the wind tunnel data base compiled dunng the first stage (from 1987 to 1989) of research and also provides the information necessary to use the data base system. Some output examples of the system are also shown, demonstrating how this data base can be used to understand the aerodynarnic characteristics for several different configurations, flow Mach number, and attitude angles.