DRAG AND STABILITY DATA OBTAINED FROM FREE-FLIGHT HYPERSONIC FIRINGS OF BOTH SHARP AND BLUNT NOSED 12-DEGREE 40-MINUTE TOTAL-ANGLE CONES AT SEVERIAL RANGE PRESSURES

Abstract

Drag and stability data obtained from hypersonic firings of both pointed and blunt nosed 12-degree 40-minute total-angle cones at several range pressures are tabulated. The drag coefficient of both cones decreased with an increase in the Reynolds number. No effect of Reynolds number on the center of pressure of either cone configuration was observed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 11, 1966
Accession Number
AD0641137

Entities

People

  • Leonard E. Crogan

Organizations

  • Naval Ordnance Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aeronautics
  • Air Force
  • Boundary Layer
  • Civil Engineering
  • Engineering
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Free Flight
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Mach Number
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Military Research
  • Munitions
  • New York
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Reynolds Number
  • Space Flight

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.

Technology Areas

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