CALIBRATION OF WRIGHT FIELD PITOT STATIC TUBE

Abstract

Wind tunnel tests have been carried out in the Aberdeen Bomb Tunnel to calibrate a specially designed high speed pitot static tube which is to be used in calibration of the Wright Field Ten Foot (High Speed) Wind Tunnel. Static and total pressure readings were checked for M's from .2 to .86 and at M = .86, up to an angle of attack of 5 degrees. Within the experimental accuracy of the tunnel calibration, the static pressure reading of the pitot tube was equal to the static pressure of the air stream at the static hole location. No shock waves around the pitot tube were observed at any of the test M's.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 18, 1948
Accession Number
AD0800477

Entities

People

  • Joseph Sternberg

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Calibration
  • Coefficients
  • Compression Ratio
  • Condensation
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Flow
  • Free Stream
  • Mach Number
  • Maryland
  • Measurement
  • Pitot Tubes
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Shock Waves
  • Static Pressure
  • Subsonic Nozzles
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.