Taylor and Maccoll Computations

Abstract

In the present report, a method is illustrated of obtaining more precise values of shock wave angle, pressure, Mach number, and drag coefficient from a given cone angle and velocity past the cone. From the Rankine-Hugoniot shock wave equations a single equation is obtained which fixes the position of the shock wave. Another term is obtained in Maccoll's Taylor expansion about the surface of the cone which permits the use of a larger integral of integration with the same degree of smoothness and accuracy previously obtained for smaller intervals.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 02, 1946
Accession Number
AD0492601

Entities

People

  • Raymond A. Turetsky

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Coefficients
  • Computations
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Intervals
  • Mach Number
  • Munitions
  • Projectiles
  • Shock
  • Shock Waves
  • Trajectories
  • Wave Equations
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics
  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Linear Algebra
  • Systems Analysis and Design