RESPACE

IR image of film cooling by injected air on a plate exposed to an laminar hypersonic air flow . Temperature decrease of a plate surface exposed to hypersonic flow air flow, by means of transpiration cooling . Schlieren image of the interaction of base flow at Ma=5.3 and plume flow at Ma=3.8

„Key Technologies for REusable SPACE Systems“

In the frame of a “HGF virtual institute“ the current competence in science and technology is to be expanded for the development of new key technologies for future re-usable space transportation systems. Experts from various disciplines at DLR and universities have been brought together for this project. With this “interdisciplinary“cooperation, new technologies for future re-usable space transportation systems can be explored and developed efficiently.

Project objectives

• Development of active cooling technologies for space transportation systems.
• Optimisation of aerodynamics in the base/nozzle area of booster rockets.

Participating institutions

• DLR Institute for Aerodynamics and Flow Technology, Wind tunnel Deaprtment, Cologne (Project manager)
• RWTH Aachen, “Institute of Aerodynamics“ 
• RWTH Aachen, “Shockwave Laboratory“ 
• TU Munich, Department “Flow mechanics“
• University of Stuttgart, “Institute of Aerodynamics and Gasdynamics”
• DLR Institute for Structures and Design, Space Structural components department
• DLR Institute for space propulsion systems, “Systems Analysis Space transportation Department“