HEAT TRANSFER AND PRESSURE ON A SLENDER CYLINDER IN VISCOUS HYPERSONIC FLOW.

Abstract

Wall heat transfer and pressure were measured on a long, slender, cone-cylinder at positions far enough aft that transverse curvature effects were large. The tests were performed in the shock tunnel at M = 20 at Reynolds numbers of 0.8 to 4.0 x 10 to the 5th power based on free stream conditions and distance from the nose. The measurements were compared with hypersonic viscous interaction predictions. The resulting correlations showed that the strong interaction solution of the viscous interaction theory appeared to give accurate estimates of the heat transfer for large transverse curvature, regardless of shock strength. However, the pressures measured on the body were quite low, indicating a weak shock on the body. Hence, the present theory does not apply. Future pressure predictions will require consideration of finite shock strengths. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 30, 1969
Accession Number
AD0690165

Entities

People

  • Robert L. Varwig

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Curvature
  • Flow
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Free Stream
  • Geometry
  • Heat Transfer
  • Hypersonic Flow
  • Measurement
  • Position Finding
  • Reynolds Number
  • Shock Tunnels
  • Transverse

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Fluid Dynamics.

Technology Areas

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