HIGH MACH NUMBER AND MATERIALS RESEARCH PROGRAM. PHASE I. AEROPHYSICS RESEARCH STUDIES

Abstract

Instrumentation, Vacuum systems, Computers, Simulation.) (*Mach number, Reynolds number, Lift, Drag.) Theoretical and experimental investigations of high speed gas dynamics were carried out. The experimental investigations included stagnation point heat transfer measurements in low Reynolds number flows in the existing helium-driven shock tunnel. Electron beam densitometer studies were continued. Modification of the existing hypersonic shock tunnel to incorporate a combustion driver and a six-foot diameter nozzle was initiated. This modification will allow an increased performance up to a Mach number equal to 30 and density altitudes to 300,000 feet. The theoretical investigations included a study of viscous and inviscid non-equilibrium hypersonic flows about blunt and sharp leading edge slender bodies.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 30, 1961
Accession Number
AD0264266

Entities

People

  • R. J. Whalen

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Birds
  • Boundary Layer
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Energy Transfer
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Geometry
  • Heat Transfer
  • Ignition
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Turbulent Mixing
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Boundary Layers
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow
  • Microelectronics