Wave Drag from Oblique Cross-Sectional Areas.

Abstract

A simple numerical method for estimating the oblique cross-sectional areas of general body shapes is described together with the computer coding. These areas are used in conjunction with Eminton's method for evaluating supersonic wave drag, to produce some accurate estimates of the wave drag of cone-cylinders and some rather less accurate estimates for smooth axisymmetric bodies. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA117533

Entities

People

  • J. Pike

Organizations

  • Royal Aircraft Establishment

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Aircrafts
  • Axisymmetric
  • Bodies
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Equations
  • Errors
  • Flow
  • Geometry
  • Mach Number
  • Method Of Characteristics
  • Procedures (Computers)
  • Slender Bodies
  • Thickness
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Computer Vision.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Boundary Layers