Static Force Tests of the AEDC-VKF Standard 5 Degree Cone in Tunnel A at Mach Numbers 1.5 to 4.0.

Abstract

Static stability and base pressure tests were conducted on a standard force cone. The tests were performed at nominal Mach numbers of 4.0, 3.75, 3.25, 3.0, 2.75, 2.5, 2.25, 2.0, 1.75, 1.63, and 1.5 at free-stream unit Reynolds numbers ranging from 0.6 x 10 to the sixth power per foot to 3.7 x 10 to the sixth power per foot. The angle-of-attack and angle-of-sideslip ranges were from -11 to 11 deg. Configuration variables were nose bluntness and fins. The effects on static force data of the following were obtained: tunnel-nozzle jack setting errors, tunnel-flow humidity, and tunnel-sidewall misalignment. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA092975

Entities

People

  • J. T. Best

Organizations

  • Arnold Engineering Development Complex

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Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Forces
  • Air Force
  • Base Pressure
  • Boundary Layer
  • Boundary Layer Trips
  • Data Reduction
  • Engineering
  • Flow
  • Free Stream
  • Gas Dynamics
  • Humidity
  • Mach Number
  • Misalignment
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Reynolds Number
  • Standards
  • Test Facilities

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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  • Fluid Dynamics.