Some Influences of Near-Field Aerodynamics on Optical Equipment.

Abstract

Some effects of shock waves and boundary layers on airborne optical systems are examined. Calculations in the special cases of plane, conical and hemispherical shock waves are carried out to indicate the magnitude of angular error and defocusing likely to be encountered. An initial experimental program, to show the effects of the turbulent boundary layer is described, and some results are shown. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1960
Accession Number
AD0254146

Entities

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamics
  • Airborne
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Layers
  • Near Field
  • Optical Equipment
  • Shock
  • Shock Waves
  • Turbulent Boundary Layer
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.