WIND TUNNEL STUDIES OF ANTENNA BREAKDOWN, PART I: INFLUENCE OF FORCED CONVECTION ONLY.

Abstract

The report describes the studies that were carried out to illustrate the effect of velocity on the breakdown of a VHF and X-band antenna. The studies were carried out in a supersonic wind tunnel in a relatively un-ionized gas stream. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0603036

Entities

People

  • Eugene E. Covert
  • James B. Coffin

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Buildings And Structures
  • Convection
  • Gases
  • Ionized Gases
  • Motion
  • Supersonic Wind Tunnels
  • Test Facilities
  • Wind Tunnels
  • X Band

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Boundary Layers
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow