FORCE AND PRESSURE TESTS ON A SEMI-SPAN DELTA WING AT SUPERSONIC SPEEDS

Abstract

Static-force and pressure tests were conducted in the 40-in. supersonic tunnel of the von Karman Gas Dynamics Facility on a 70-deg, blunt leading-edge, semi-span delta wing. The wing consisted of three sections, triangular forward and tip panels and a rectangular main panel. Tests were made with the forward panel deflected -2.5 deg and undeflected (flat wing). Force data on the total wing and pressure data on the tip panel were obtained at Mach number 6. The angle-of-attack range was from -4 to 10 deg, and Reynolds number, based on the wing root chord, ranged from 9 x 10 to the 6th power at Mach number 3 to 18 x 10 to the 6th power at Mach number 6. Wing lift-to-drag ratio and tip panel pressure data are presented for the wing with the forward panel deflected and undeflected.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0467448

Entities

People

  • Larry J. Pfaff

Organizations

  • Arnold Engineering Development Complex

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Classification
  • Contracts
  • Delta Wings
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Dynamics
  • Gas Dynamics
  • Government Procurement
  • Instrumentation
  • Leading Edges
  • Mach Number
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Nomenclature
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Reynolds Number
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow