Research on Hypersonic and Supersonic Flows.

Abstract

A series of basic research programs of fundamental application to hypersonic and supersonic flight made use of a series of unique hypersonic facilities, including several helium and nitrogen hypersonic wind tunnels covering a range of Mach numbers from about 8 to 25 and simulated altitude conditions up to 350,000 feet. These facilities were supplemented by a newly developed capability to study supersonic flows at the very high Reynolds numbers of full scale flight. The research program was both theoretical and experimental and initially concentrated on hypersonic flows and laminar boundary layers. (Modified author abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0775695

Entities

People

  • Seymour M. Bogdonoff

Organizations

  • Princeton University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Flight
  • Flow
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Hypersonic Flow
  • Hypersonic Wind Tunnels
  • Laminar Boundary Layer
  • Layers
  • Mach Number
  • Reynolds Number
  • Supersonic Flight
  • Supersonic Flow
  • Test Facilities
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

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