THE MEASUREMENT OF BASE PRESSURE ON WEDGES IN SUPERSONIC LOW DENSITY FLOW,

Abstract

The measurement of the base pressures of wedges is presented. The tests were run at nominal Mach numbers of 4 and 6 and free stream Reynolds numbers from 840 to 8600. A cathetometer was used to measure the height difference of the oil sur faces of a small U-tube manometer mounted within the wind tunnel. Both span-wise and cross-base distributions of the base pressures were measured. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 30, 1964
Accession Number
AD0456366

Entities

People

  • F. C. Hurlbut
  • R. T-s. Cheng
  • S. A. Schaaf

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Base Pressure
  • Flow
  • Free Stream
  • Low Density
  • Mach Number
  • Manometers
  • Measurement
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Reynolds Number
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow