DEVELOPMENT OF SUBSONIC BASE PRESSURE PREDICTION METHODS, VOLUME I.
Abstract
A combined analytic-experimental investigation of the subsonic base pressure phenomenon, especially as applied to blunt bodies typical of hypersonic flight vehicles, results in the development of a generalized method to predict base pressure in three-dimensional flow at subsonic speeds. A mathematical description of the fluid mechanics of steady two-dimensional subsonic base flow is developed. Two and three-dimensional wind tunnel testing of blunt based configurations is used to verify the two-dimensional analytic solution and obtain empirical relations which extend the analysis to three-dimensional base flow. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1965
- Accession Number
- AD0475670
Entities
People
- J. E. Butsko
- W. Herman
- W. V. Carter
Organizations
- General Dynamics