INVESTIGATION OF STATIC STABILITY AND AERODYNAMIC EFFECTS OF CONTROL JETS ON A 1/3-SCALE PYE WACKET MISSILE AT SUPERSONIC SPEEDS

Abstract

Tests were conducted on a 1/3-scale model of the Pye Wacket missile in the 40-in. supersonic wind tunnel of the von Karman Gas Dynamics Facility at Mach numbers from 1.5 to 5 and Reynolds numbers per inch from 0.08 to 0.47 million. Static stability characteristics and detailed pressure distributions were obtained at simulated forward, side, and aft launch conditions, at angles of attack from -5 to 15 deg, and at yaw angles from 0 to 180 deg. The influence of control jets on the surface pressure distributions and the interaction forces produced by the jets are shown.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0322137

Entities

People

  • Andrea Anderson

Organizations

  • Arnold Engineering Development Complex

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Control Jets
  • Free Stream
  • Gas Dynamics
  • Instrumentation
  • Jet Flow
  • Leading Edges
  • Mach Number
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Model Tests
  • Models
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Reynolds Number
  • Scale Models
  • Supersonic Wind Tunnels
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics.
  • Fluid Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow