Experimental Research on Compressible Turbulent Shear Layers, Viscous-Inviscid Interactions, and Flow Separation.

Abstract

This report describes the DoD-University Research Instrumentation Program Equipment Acquisition for Pennsylvania Univ. The thrust of this effort has been to outfit and upgrade Penn State's Supersonic Wind Tunnel Laboratory with modern instrumentation so that research in support oif national defense can be conducted. The subject area of this research is viscous-inviscid interactions in supersonic flight.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 09, 1986
Accession Number
ADA179579

Entities

People

  • Gary S. Settles

Organizations

  • Pennsylvania State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Argon Lasers
  • Ball Valves
  • Boundary Layer
  • Cameras
  • Control Surfaces
  • Hot Wire
  • Instrumentation
  • Lasers
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Optical Equipment
  • Photographic Equipment
  • Power Supplies
  • Pressure Transducers
  • Shock Waves
  • Skin Friction
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Ballistic Missile Meteorology
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Research Science/Academic Research

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow