CALCULATION OF THE FLOW FIELDS AROUND A SERIES OF BI-CONIC BODIES OF REVOLUTION USING THE METHOD OF CHARACTERISTICS AS APPLIED TO SUPERSONIC ROTATIONAL FLOW

Abstract

The flow fields around a series of bi-conic bodies of revolution placed in a supersonic air stream were analyzed using the method of characteristics as applied to rotational flow. Calculations were carried out for three different cone combinations (25 - 40 degrees, 20 - 40 degrees, 25 - 35 degrees) associated with various free stream Mach numbers. The results were used in designing a diffuser inlet. A study was made of the overall effects produced by rounding-off errors, varying the size of the mesh, and disregarding the entropy term. Some tables and graphs are included.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 07, 1956
Accession Number
AD0660664

Entities

People

  • E. C. Kennedy

Organizations

  • General Dynamics

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analytic Geometry
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Bodies
  • Bodies Of Revolution
  • Calculators
  • Computations
  • Diagrams
  • Equations
  • Flow
  • Flow Fields
  • Free Stream
  • Mach Number
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Method Of Characteristics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Schematic Diagrams
  • Shock Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
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Technology Areas

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