HANDBOOK OF SUPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS. SECTION 8. BODIES OF REVOLUTION
Abstract
This section of the Handbook presents data on the aerodynamic characteristics of bodies of revolution for an angle-of-attack range of zero to almost ninety degrees throughout the supersonic and hypersonic flight regimes. Basic theories governing the pressure distributions on bodies of revolution and in their surrounding flow fields are discussed and evaluated. To provide a basis for the selection of theoretical methods to be used in specific calculation the reliability and accuracy of these theories are compared at different Mach and Reynolds numbers. Actual step-by-step development is omitted except where it is essential to an understanding of resultant expressions. In all cases, however, sources containing full derivations are referenced. To permit comparison or extension of the theoretical methods, experimentally- derived data in many instances are also presented. For those cases in which there is discrepancy between theory and experiment, empirical formulae are given together with the limiting values of the parameters within which the particular formula is valid. Techniques for incorporating the effects of skin friction and heat transfer (treated fully in Sections 13 and 14 of the Handbook) are also given.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1961
- Accession Number
- AD0613056
Entities
People
- D. V. Faro
- Ione D. Faro
Organizations
- Johns Hopkins University