FLAT PLATE SKIN FRICTION IN LOW DENSITY HYPERSONIC FLOW-APPARATUS DEVELOPMENT,

Abstract

An apparatus was designed to measure local skin friction near the sharp leading edge of a flat plate by the floating element technique in a low density Mach 6 wind tunnel. It was found that the accuracy of the data was strongly influenced by extremely small irregularities on the model surface. It was concluded that further model refinement was needed. Even though the data were of marginal quality they suggested that the skin friction was less than predicted by strong interaction boundary layer theory. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0427768

Entities

People

  • E. S. Moulic

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Flow
  • Friction
  • Hypersonic Flow
  • Layers
  • Leading Edges
  • Low Density
  • Skin Friction
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Materials Science and Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow