THE CALCULATION OF THE VISCOUS DRAG OF BODIES OF REVOLUTION

Abstract

A simple procedure is described for computing the viscous drag of a body of revolution in axial motion from boundary-layer theory. Rapid approximate methods are developed for determining the growth of the laminar and turbulent boundary layers. A new empirical criterion is given for locating the position of self excited transition associated with low-turbulence flows.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1953
Accession Number
AD0017965

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People

  • Paul S. Granville

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Differential Equations
  • Engineers
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Low Drag
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Mechanics
  • Naval Architecture
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Turbulent Flow
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Operations Research