Skin Friction Measurements at Transonic Mach Numbers

Abstract

The skin friction of a body of revolution was determined from (1) embedded wire gage data and (2) the difference between balance-measured total drag and the integrated pressure force. Additional data were obtained from model mounted Preston tubes and boundary-layer rakes. The model was fixed at 0-deg angle of attack at Mach numbers from 0.6 to 1.5 and unit Reynolds numbers from 1.5 million/ft to 5.0 million/ft.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA092366

Entities

People

  • Charles L. Smith

Organizations

  • Arnold Engineering Development Complex

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Data Reduction
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Engineering
  • Free Stream
  • Instrumentation
  • Mach Number
  • Measurement
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Reynolds Number
  • Skin Friction
  • Stagnation Pressure
  • Static Pressure
  • Test Facilities
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.