Wind Tunnel Testing of Interactions of High Altitude Rocket Plumes with the Free Stream

Abstract

Interactions of model rocket plumes and the free stream at varying simulated altitudes have been investigated in an altitude simulation chamber. Free-stream variables were Mach number, gas, total temperature, and total pressure. Model rocket parameter variables were exhaust gas, area ratio, chamber total pressure and total temperature, and the orientation of the model relative to the free stream. In addition to pitot probe measurements, plume photographs and density measurements were obtained using the electron beam technique.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0731141

Entities

People

  • D. L. Whitfield
  • H. K. Smithson
  • L. L. Price

Organizations

  • Arnold Engineering Development Complex

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Cyber
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Electron Beams
  • Exhaust Gases
  • Flow
  • Free Stream
  • Gas Turbine Nozzles
  • Mach Number
  • Measurement
  • Optical Detectors
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Photographs
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Pressure Transducers
  • Rocket Nozzles
  • Test Equipment
  • Wind Tunnel Nozzles
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics