A Preliminary Hot-Wire Investigation of Cone-Wake Transition at M equals 16.

Abstract

Hot-wire surveys were conducted across the wake behind a magnetically-suspended, 10 deg. half-angle cone of 1 in. base diameter in the Mach 16 helium wind tunnel, both at the unit Reynolds numbers 120,000 and 270,000. At the higher Reynolds number, transition was observed at approximately 8 diameters downstream. The turbulent fluctuations were limited in the region near the outer edge of the wake, spreading out at an extremely slow rate. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0729881

Entities

People

  • Francis R. Hama
  • Seymour M. Bogdonoff

Organizations

  • Princeton University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Diameters
  • Hot Wire
  • Reynolds Number
  • Transitions
  • Wind Tunnels
  • Wire

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.