SUMMARY OF THE NOL INVESTIGATIONS TO DATE OF THE AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NAVY LOW DRAG BOMB

Abstract

The available aerodynamic data on the Navy Low Drag Bomb is summarized. The data were obtained from a series of investigations conducted by the Naval Ordnance Laboratory personnel in the NOL Supersonic Tunnel no. 1, the NOL Aerodynamics Range no. 1, the NOL Pressurized Ballistics Range no. 3, the David Taylor Model Basin 8- x 10-ft Subsonic Wind Tunnel, and the Cornell Aeronautical Institute 3- x 4-ft Transonic Wind Tunnel. The aerodynamic data are presented as a function of angle of attack at Mach numbers of 0.80, 1.56, and 2. 16 and as functions of Mach numbers between 0.80 and 2.16.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 08, 1960
Accession Number
AD0491186

Entities

People

  • F. J. Demeritte
  • W. D. Piper

Organizations

  • Naval Ordnance Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Characteristics
  • Ballistics
  • Data Reduction
  • Free Flight
  • Low Drag
  • Mach Number
  • Model Basins
  • Munitions
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Research Facilities
  • Reynolds Number
  • Ship Model Basins
  • Subsonic Wind Tunnels
  • Transonic Wind Tunnels
  • Weapons
  • Wind Tunnel Tests
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Marine Hydrodynamics

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow