MEASUREMENT OF BASE PRESSURE IN FREE FLIGHT,

Abstract

The dependency of base pressure on Mach number M in cylindrical bodies with hemispherical ends, in the range of M numbers 1.32 to 2.91 and Reynolds numbers (changing proportionately to the velocity) from 900,000 to 2,000,000, was investigated on a modern ballistic projectile. Tests were performed by a method in which the deflection of the upper diaphragm was measured. This diaphragm was in the bottom of the projectile and covered a small chamber which was filled with air under atmospheric pressure and having the same temperature as that of the surrounding medium.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0615506

Entities

People

  • G. I. Mishin

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Barometric Pressure
  • Base Pressure
  • Bodies
  • Cylindrical Bodies
  • Deflection
  • Flight
  • Free Flight
  • Mach Number
  • Measurement
  • Motion
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Projectiles
  • Reynolds Number
  • Skeletal Muscle

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.