Computations of the Magnus Effect for Slender Bodies in Supersonic Flow

Abstract

A recently reported Parabolized Navier-Stokes code has been employed to compute the supersonic flow field about spinning cone, ogive-cylinder, and boattailed bodies of revolution at moderate incidence. The computations were performed for flow conditions where extensive measurements for wall pressure, boundary-layer velocity profiles and Magnus force had been obtained. Comparisons between the computational results and experiment indicate excellent agreement for angles of attack up to 6 deg. The comparisons for Magnus effects show that the code accurately predicts the effects of body shape and Mach number for the selected models for the selected models for 2 < or = M < or = 4. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA110016

Entities

People

  • Lewis B. Schiff
  • Walter B. Sturek

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Computations
  • Equations
  • Flow
  • Flow Fields
  • Flow Visualization
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Geometry
  • Grids
  • Inviscid Flow
  • Layers
  • Mach Number
  • Magnus Effect
  • Measurement
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Turbulent Boundary Layer
  • Viscous Flow

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.

Technology Areas

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