EXPERIMENTAL EQUILIBRIUM TEMPERATURES ON A CONE AND A HEMISPHERE AT MACH NUMBER 3.5

Abstract

A wind tunnel program is described, in which the equilibrium temperature distributions were measured on an 18.5 degrees half-angle cone and on a hemisphere. The tests were run at a nominal free stream Mach number of 3.5 and at stagnation temperatures up to approximately 1200R. The Reynolds numbers, band slant height, were approximately 10,000. The results are compared to the theoretically predicted temperature distributions based on the methods of Lighthill and Crocco. The effects of accounting for radiation heat transfer and heat conduction in the theoretical predictions are shown. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1958
Accession Number
AD0268723

Entities

People

  • Lawrence Lorah
  • Raymond Tourtellot

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Free Stream
  • Heat Transfer
  • Hemispheres
  • Mach Number
  • Radiation
  • Reynolds Number
  • Stagnation Temperature
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.