Flow Characteristics Over a Lifting Wedge of Finite Aspect Ratio with Attached and Detached Chock Waves at a Mach Number of 1.40

Abstract

A series of schlieren photographs and pressure distributions are presented which show the effects of transition from an attached to a detached shock at the leading edge of a finite-span, 8.2 deg wedge as the angle of attack is increased. These data were obtained in the Langley 4- by 4-foot supersonic tunnel at a Mach number of 1.40.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1952
Accession Number
ADA379807

Entities

People

  • John H. Hilton Jr

Organizations

  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Characteristics
  • Air Force
  • Aspect Ratio
  • Base Pressure
  • Boundary Layer
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Flow
  • Flow Fields
  • Free Stream
  • Leading Edges
  • Mach Number
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Shock Waves
  • Static Pressure
  • Transonic Flow
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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

Technology Areas

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